The Government of the Republic Zambia
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United Nations Development Programme
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Global Environment Facility
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Lake Tanganyika Integrated Management Programme Zambia Component
(Catchment management through sedimentation control)
PIMS 1941
Brief Description
The Zambian component of the ADF/GEF supported Lake Tanganyika Integrated
Management Programme focuses on sedimentation control, which is within the
framework of priorities of the sub-regional Strategic Action Progarmme (SAP). In the SAP,
the control of sediment inflows from the steep mountainous terrain bordering Lake Tanganyika
in both Mpulungu and Kaputa Districts is seen as one of the most important areas for support.
Over-fishing has also been identified as a key issue, and this is being addressed through co-
finance and technical cooperation from the African Development Bank, FAO and other
partners of the Lake Tanganyika Integrated Management Programme.
Sediment inf
lows will be reduced through an increase in the area of land brought under
sustainable land use, particularly for agriculture and forestry. Emphasis will be on institutional
strengthening with support to community participation in agriculture, forestry, and soil-erosion
prevention.
Best practice and innovation, as well as regional coordination and dissemination of lessons will
be assured by linking the project to ICRAF's training and demonstration programmes as a
regional activity.
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Table of contents
SECTION I Brief Narrative
4
Part I
Situation Analysis
I.1
Key Development Environment Issues
4
I.2
Existing institutional framework
5
Part II
Strategy
II.1
At sub-regional and national levels
6
II.2
At project level
7
II.3
Relevance to certain conventions
9
Part III
Management arrangements
III.1 Implementing partner
10
III.2 Implementing agency
10
III.3 National Coordination Unit
10
III.4 Links with various Government Line Ministries
11
III.5 Project's office accommodation arrangements
11
Part IV
Monitoring, evaluation and audit
IV.1 Monitoring
12
IV.2 Evaluation
13
IV.3 Audit
13
Part V
EPAC's Endorsement of the project
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Part VI
Legal Context
14
SECTION II
Results and Resources Framework
14
SECTION III
Provisional Multi-year Work Plan
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SECTION IV
Other Agreements
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ANNEXES
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Results and Resources Framework
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Provisional Multi-year Work Plan
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Total Budget and Workplan
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(a) Provisional Terms of Reference for the National
Project Steering Committee
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(b) Provisional Terms of Reference for the
Project Manager
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(c) Provisional Terms of Reference for the
Revolving Fund Administration Officer
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(d) Provisional Terms of Reference for the
Agricultural Officer
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(e) Provisional Terms of Reference for the
Administration Assistant
28
(f) Provisional Terms of Reference for the
Accounting and Procurement Officer
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(g) Provisional Terms of Reference for the
Project Implementation Unit
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Project Organisational Chart
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Terms of Reference for the DDCC
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GEF-approved Project Document
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SIGNATURE PAGE
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Section 1: Brief Narrative1
Part 1 Situation Analysis
I.1
Key development - environment issues
With more than 2,000 species of plants and animals recorded in its basin, Lake Tanganyika has a
relatively rich and complex biodiversity. Over 500 of these species are endemic to the Lake's
ecosystem. With this level of endemism, the Lake has great global value. Apart from this
globally important endowment, Lake Tanganyika is essential to the overall survival of the
rapidly growing population of 7-10 million people that live in the common basin of Burundi,
D.R. Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. For these people, the lake serves as: (i) a source of fish for
food and income, particularly in the open waters of the lake where vast numbers of fish species
occur, (ii) a water highway, (iii) a supply source for domestic and industrial water, and (iv) a
receptacle for domestic and industrial effluents. About 300,000 people live on the Zambian side
of the Lake's basin.
However, the integrity of this rich natural resource endowment is being threatened. In its
sedimentation special study for the lake basin, the previous GEF-supported project identified the
following 4 key threats across all the 4 riparian countries (Zambia, Tanzania, DRC and Burundi)
albeit at varying degrees of intensity:
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Unsustainable fishing through over-fishing and through use of harmful fishing gears
and practices;
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Increasing sedimentation and siltation;
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Water pollution; and
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Habitat destruction
As a result, the Lake's ecosystem is experiencing loss of biodiversity and a deterioration of water
quality. At country level, addressing these trans-boundary environmental threats effectively in
the 4 riparian countries has been hampered by lack of resources, ineffective institutional
coordination, lack of appropriate regulations for the Lake and poor enforcement of existing
regulations. In recent years, these countries have recognized the need for close cooperation in the
management of the Lake's basin. Accordingly, while each of the 4 countries intends to address
the issues on the basis of a particular prioritisation, this will be done within a common sub-
regional framework of collaboration and coordination. Based on this approach, Zambia,
Tanzania and the DR Congo have identified sedimentation as the immediate issue to be
addressed while Burundi intends to address the pollution issue through sound wastewater
management. Generally, these countries will collaborate in the creation, development and
management of lake resources.
From the Zambian side, sedimentation into the lake has been caused principally by poor
catchment management characterised by environmentally unsustainable utilisation of land and
forestry resources of the lake basin. These unsustainable practices have been contributing very
1 For details refer to GEF-approved project proposal attached as Annex 7. In fact, it is an integral part of
this document.
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significantly to soil erosion which not only degrades agricultural land but also forms a part of the
sediment load carried by rivers downstream to the lake, thereby increasing the deterioration of
the environmental quality of the Lake's ecosystem, particularly the fauna. In fact, studies under
the previous GEF-supported project 1995-2000) established that 5 rivers in the Zambian
catchments together deposited into the Lake between 0.082 tones and 1,500 tones per day.
The underlying causes of poor management practices for land, forestry and fisheries resources of
the lake basin include poverty characterised by the following factors:
· Limited range of livelihood options:
Mpulungu and Kaputa Districts mainly depend on subsistence agriculture and fishing. Poor
people continue to rely on these livelihood systems even though productivity is low due to
land degradation and use of unsustainable fishing practices. This continued reliance implies
that poor people either lack adequate access to capital and credit to diversify into other
livelihood systems or do not have required skills to engage into alternative productive
enterprises. Furthermore, given the persistent gender imbalances against women in the
country generally, it is women that have been much more adversely affected by these
resource constraints in this situation. The situation of women is further exacerbated by the
impact of HIV/AIDS, which brings added burdens on women in terms of nursing the sick and
caring for the orphans.
· Limited enforcement of regulations:
In a number of cases, appropriate regulatory/legal frameworks for sound management of
environmental resources are in place but enforcement is rendered ineffective due to lack of
adequate financial, human and material resources needed by Government's technical services
and structures in forestry, wildlife, water, agriculture and other natural resources sector.
Consequently, natural resources continue to be managed in unsustainable ways thereby
exacerbating poverty
I.2
Existing institutional framework for environmental management
The institutional framework within which the Zambian component of the sub-regional project
will be implemented is essentially at two levels: national and district/community. At national
level, 5 ministries are particularly relevant and these are: MACO, MTENR, MLGH, Lands
Ministry, MCDSS, and MEWD. Most of these line ministries have a presence in the districts of
Mpulungu and Kaputa where this project will be sited. The two districts in particular also have a
number of local committees for managing natural resources and these include: Community
Resource Boards under Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA); Stratum Committees under the
Fisheries Department; Village Conservation Development Committees; Area Conservation
Development Committees; and Village Forestry and Natural Resources Committees.
The major cooperating partners currently supporting development activities in the two districts
include FAO for fisheries research, NORAD for district development planning, the AfDB for
water infrastructure, DCI for social services including HIV-AIDS and water supply, and UNDP
for HIV/AIDS through the District AIDS Task Forces under the DDCCs as well as for
biodiversity conservation in the Mweru wa Ntipa ecosystem which covers parts of both
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Northern and Luapula Provinces. With reference to this project (in its sub-regional context),
several cooperating partners were approached to help address the identified issues such as
catchment management/sediment, over-fishing control, habitat protection, and local development
(agriculture, health centres, education feeder roads etc). The over-fishing problem and the bulk
of local development will be addressed with the financial and technical support of the African
Development Bank, the FAO and other partners, while UNDP/GEF will assist in addressing the
sedimentation problem as well as some aspects of local development such as support to
alternative livelihood systems including income generating activities.
Part II Strategy
II. 1 At national and sub-regional levels
Within the country's national development frameworks such as the Transitional National
Development Pan and the National Environmental Action Plan as well as taking into account the
MDG framework, Zambia is committed to ensuring environmental sustainability by setting aside
a representative of all ecosystems. Lake Tanganyika is one special ecosystem which the
Government is committed to conserve and to this effect has chosen to address the issue of
sedimentation in the lake basin. This decision was made after lengthy and broad-based
stakeholder consultations at both national and local levels.
The decision to focus on sedimentation control is also fully consistent with the sub-regional
Strategic Action Programme (SAP) prepared with GEF support and adopted by the 4 countries in
1999. In the main, the key priorities articulated in the SAP are: sustainable fishing practices,
sedimentation control, pollution control and habitat protection. Within this strategic
framework, each country may address any or all of these conservation priorities, depending on its
own prioritization at the local level. However, in order to ensure consistent and coordinated
approach to addressing the SAP priorities, the 4 countries have signed/ratified a convention as a
legal instrument that sets out the rights and duties of the State Parties and establishes institutional
structures for effective and sustainable implementation of the SAP for the Lake Basin.
It is expected that through the implementation of the convention and the SAP, the riparian
countries will coordinate and harmonise their control of utilisation of the lake basin's resources
more effectively than is the case presently. For instance, in the fisheries sector, this could include
coordination of regulatory activities like seasonal banning of fisheries, control of access to
spawning areas, and regulation of fishing gears and practices.
Considering that sedimentation is created when eroded soil is deposited into rivers/streams, the
focus in addressing sedimentation will necessarily be directed at the principal causes of soil
erosion, namely erosion-prone traditional farming practices and unsustainable harvesting of
forests that make the land surface prone to soil erosion by laying it bare of the protective
vegetative cover. This will require a collaborative and participatory approach among the
stakeholders in the project area. At government level, some of the key stakeholders that will be
called upon to help address the sedimentation problem are the Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives (for environmentally friendly farming practices), the Ministry of Local
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Government and Housing (for local governance issues/advocacy, including district/area
development planning issues), the Department of Forestry (for deforestation and reforestation
issues), the Gender-in-Development Division (for gender relationships in agriculture, forestry
and other livelihood systems at local levels), Department of Water Affairs ( for water
sedimentation monitoring systems), ZAWA (for wildlife/environmental conservation issues),
Ministry of Lands (for land use/administration), Ministry of Communications and Transport (for
Marine Transport environmental issues), National AIDS Council (for coordination of HIV/AIDS
activities) the private sector (for issues of private sector development-environment issues),
Environmental Council of Zambia (as a regulatory body for environmental protection).
Based on the respective policies and mandates, specific roles to be played by each of these key
stakeholders will be articulated at the project's inception workshop and subsequently at the
project's work annual work programming meetings. Two examples are provided below to
illustrate the expected roles that may be played by these sectoral institutions based on their
respective mandates.
(a) MACO: One policy objective of the Ministry is to maintain and improve the existing
agricultural resource base to raise agricultural productivity through promotion of sustainable
land-use practices for agricultural production among all categories of farmers in the country. The
ministry will thus be expected to provide technical skills in conservation and other farming
practices that promote environmental conservation while increasing agricultural productivity in
the proposed project area. Apart from fishing, the target districts of Mpulungu and Kaputa are
highly dependent on subsistence agriculture but this is based on traditional practices that tend to
promote deforestation and soil erosion that in turn cause sedimentation.
(b) Forestry Department: Within its national role of promoting sustainable management of
forest ecosystems and land use systems that ensure the protection of catchments such as
headwaters, rivers and watershed resources, the Forestry Department at the local level in
Mpulungu will be expected to participate in the formulation and implementation of measures that
reduce deforestation and promote commercial woodlots and agro-forestry in the communities in
the proposed project area.
At the local level, the Office of the District Commissioner will ensure the proper coordination of
various strategic partnerships through the Mpulungu DDCC, which is an inter-sectoral
committee comprising: all line ministries present in the district, relevant NGOs and private sector
representatives. The DDCC is chaired by the District Commissioner while the District Planning
Unit serves as the secretariat. Notwithstanding the financial, material and human constraints that
the DDCCs and the offices of District Commissioners face, they are the only government
agencies responsible for the critically important role of coordinating development initiatives in
all economic and social sectors at the district level. However, in the case of this project, the day-
to-day implementation work will be assigned to a full-time Project Implementation Unit (PIU)
working together with respective line ministries staff who will provide specific inputs or skills as
a part of their portfolio in government.
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II.2
At project level
As already alluded to above, this project will address sedimentation in the Lake's inflowing
rivers by devising and implementing cross-sectoral measures that help limit soil erosion and seek
to halt and reverse deforestation. In addressing soil erosion and deforestation, the project will
identify and promote, through a broad-based participatory approach, some traditional practices
that are not only central to the livelihoods of the communities but are also environmentally sound
or at least hold out a potential for environmental soundness if improved upon by infusing other
tested conservation farming techniques. In the latter case, skills training will be provided to bring
sustainable enhancements to the traditional practices in the communities. Subject to the results of
further community consultations (such as through rapid participatory appraisals) during project
implementation, skills training could be centred on the following thematic areas:
(i)
natural resource management practices that increase productivity while
promoting resource conservation. The focus could be on agriculture, agro-
forestry, community forests and woodlots. The aim of this could be to reduce
sedimentation through reduced soil erosion as a result of a progressive
reduction in the destruction of vegetative cover and/or a progressive increase
in reforestation relative to deforestation rate.
(ii)
entrepreneurial skills for establishment of productive alternative income
generating activities to reduce pressures on land resources. Under land
pressure, there can rapid and unsustainable conversion forest land into other
uses that exacerbate soil erosion and, therefore, soil erosion.
(iii)
local governance structures for sustainable natural resource management
whereby local communities understand the value of conserving natural
resources for both present and future generations. There must be effective
local institutional and legal frameworks within which local environmental
conservation decisions are popularly established and fairly enforced.
To ensure the use of best practice in catchment management, the project in Zambia (along with
Tanzania and DRC catchment components) will use the International Centre for Agro-Forestry
(ICRAF) in Nairobi to provide training, demonstration, learning experiences and their
dissemination within the region.
Piloting
The project will start with 4 pilot areas located at various sites in catchment range of the lake
from Mpulungu to Kaputa district. Based on stakeholder consultations in the focal districts, the
following 4 sites have been chosen in Mpulungu and Kaputa:
(a)
Mpulungu
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Lunzua River Catchment and Chituta Bay Area;
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Kasakalawe Bay Area;
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Munjela/ Nsumbu National Park
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(b)
Kaputa
- Chisala River Catchment and Munjela-Tondwa Game Management Area.
The expectation by the end of the project is that there will be sustained reductions in
sedimentation rates at project demonstration sites, which lead to improved biodiversity habitats
due to:
§ Rising up-take by farmers of improved and sustainable agricultural practices that will be
replicable throughout the Zambian portion of the Lake Tanganyika basin
§ A decrease in deforestation resulting from more effective community-based natural
resource management serving as a demonstrative model for the Lake catchments.
§ The development and piloting of cross-sectoral institutions at community and district
levels, as well as linkages and relationships between community, local and national levels
that successfully support participatory forms of natural resource management.
§ The lessons and precedents set will enable similar initiatives in the Lake basin to be
started, with potential for replication on a wider national scale.
Gender and HIV/AIDS
Although there were no gender- disaggregated data at the time of project design, a budgetary
provision has been made to do more work in this area and allow for gender awareness campaigns
to ensure mainstreaming of gender variables at early stages of project implementation.
Similarly, a budgetary provision has been made for contributing to the existing HIV/AIDS
awareness campaigns and mainstreaming efforts. As a coastal town that serves as a harbour,
Mpulungu has a lot of human traffic and this makes it vulnerable to HIV transmission
II.3 Relevance to selected conventions on conservation of biological water resources
In addition, the 4 riparian countries are signatories to important international environmental
conventions on biological diversity and the wetlands. In 1991, Zambia ratified the Ramsar
Convention an international treaty focusing on conservation of wetlands of international
importance. As a follow-up to the ratification of the Convention, Zambia produced a National
Wetland Status Report in 1994 that highlights the values, threats development and conservation
issues of the Zambia's wetlands. A National Wetland Strategy and Action Plan was developed in
1999. This was followed by the development of a National Policy on Wetlands in 2001. This
project has the potential to make a positive contribution to the Ramsar objectives as it aims to
empower riparian communities in Zambia to plan and manage land and water resources in the
Lake Tanganyika catchments.
Following the ratification of the CBD (which is concerned with conservation of biodiversity,
sustainable use of all its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits accruing
out of the utilisation of the genetic resources), Zambia developed a National Biodiversity
Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) in 1999. The NBSAP outlined Zambia's vision, mission and
guiding principles for the implementation of the Convention. This project, which aims to reduce
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erosion and sediment input into the Zambian waters of Lake Tanganyika, will contribute directly
to the conservation of this globally important biodiversity hotspot and the sustainable use of
biological resources, in line with Zambia's commitment to the CBD. The NBSAP stresses the
global and national value of Lake Tanganyika. Furthermore, by addressing the issue of soil
erosion for sedimentation control, the project will be contributing to the objectives of the
Convention to Combat Desertification that addresses issues of land degradation among others.
Part III
Management Arrangements
III.1Implementing Partner (formerly Execution Agency): This project will be implemented
through the National
Execution (NEX) modality. The MTENR, being the focal point for all-environmental and natural
resources management issues in the country, will be the main implementing partner through the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources Management (ENRM Dept). The ENRM
Dept will be responsible for the overall performance of the project towards the planned outputs
through coordination and guidance. The MTENR execution responsibility will also cover the
ADF-supported fisheries component for which a separate implementation unit will be set up in
Mpulungu. In this regard, the MTENR will ensure that the implementation of these two (GEF
and ADF) components be coordinated as effectively as possible at both national and district
levels.
III.2 Implementing Agency: The day-to-day supervision of the Project Implementation Unit
in Mpulungu will be carried out by the DDCC through the Office of the District Commissioner
(DC). The DC's office will be the entry point for monitoring the project by the MTENR and
UNDP. To clarify execution, coordination and implementation roles, funding arrangements and
responsibilities, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) will be drawn up between the MTENR
and the Office of the DC. This MOU will provide the detailed terms of reference for the Project
Implementation Unit (PIU)
III.3 PIU: This will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the project, including
among other tasks, the maintenance of a special bank account for the management of funds
disbursed from the UNDP/GEF grant and reporting on the use of the funds disbursed. The Unit
will comprise:
1
Project Manager (72wm);
3
Technical Officers
(a) Agricultural officer (24wm)
(b) Agro-Forestry and Conservation Officer (36wm)
(c) Revolving Fund Administration Officer (24wm)
1
Accountant/procurement Officer (36wm);
1
Administration Assistant (72wm);
1
Driver (72wm).
All these officers will be recruited from the open market in a competitive manner as agreed
during stakeholder consultations on implementation arrangements for the project. The Project
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Manager (PM) will be the head of the PIU, answerable to the MTENR and the Office of the
District Commissioner as the chair of the DDCC and head of government at district level. The
phase-out of posts is expected to commence after the 2nd year of the project, giving increasing
responsibilities to non-project personnel in local institutions (government ministries,
departments, agencies, etc) for the phased out project posts.
At the district level, the DDCC (see TORs in Annex 40) will be an important mechanism for
ensuring full coordination of the activities of the project. The DDCC will also ensure
coordination between this project and the ADF-supported fisheries component. The close
coordination between these two components is important since both of them will be serving
communities within the same lake basin.
Security services for the office premises will be outsourced/contracted within Mpulungu town as
part of operational expenses for the office.
III.4 Links with various government line ministries:
As the Implementing Partner, the MTENR will seek to maintain and enhance the existing
collaboration with several other government ministries and agencies at both national and district
levels in the day-to-day implementation of this project. These include: Environmental Council
of Zambia (ECZ), Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA), the Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives (MACO), the Ministry of Energy and Water Development (MEWD) and relevant
non-governmental organizations. These institutions will be called upon to support the MTENR in
the execution of the project at various levels, including membership to steering committees.
These agencies together with skills in research centres will form a National Advisory Task Force
for the project, under the auspices of the NBSC (see IV.1 below).
Similarly, the PIU will seek to facilitate and support the mandated institutions to perform better
through improved capacity. To facilitate this collaboration and ensure sustainability after
external support, the project provides for institutional capacity building as a key sub-component.
It will build strong operational linkages to line officers for agriculture, water development,
forestry, local governance, District AIDS Task Forces and community development. After the
mid-term review, the PIU will develop an exit strategy, giving greater operational responsibility
to the line officers as already mentioned in III.3 above.
III.5 Project's office accommodation arrangement
The operational base of the project will be Mpulungu, with an outreach site in Kaputa District. In
Mpulungu, the project's office accommodation will be arranged as follows:
(a) Rented premises: Due to shortage of office accommodation within the government system
in Mpulungu, the project will be accommodated in rented offices for at least 1 year. This will be
arranged through the office of the DC for Mpulungu.
(b) Own office block: After the first year, it is intended that the project shift into its own office
accommodation. The ADF component provides for construction of an office block to
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accommodate both this component and the ADF-supported one. Government has already
provided a plot for this purpose. An MOU will be arranged with ADF and the Department of
Fisheries for the provision of offices.
PART IV: Monitoring, evaluation and audit
IV.1 Monitoring
Project steering committees: In its monitoring function as the coordination and implementing
partner for the project, the MTENR will be supported by the following steering committees:
(a) National level: The existing National Biodiversity Steering Committee- NBSC (also
referred as the National Project Steering Committee -NPSC) will review semi-annual progress
towards the project's outputs. The NBSC meetings will be chaired by the MTENR. Towards the
end of the project, the Committee will prepare a report synthesizing lessons learned and how
these could be scaled up and replicated more widely. It will also serve as the channel for the
absorption of the projects results into mainstream government programmes and policies through
the MTENR. See Annex 4 for the Terms of reference for the NBSC/NPSC.
(b) District level: To ensure ownership and integration of project activities and results into the
mainstream of district development plans, the project will work through the existing DDCC
whose membership is drawn from all the government ministries and other development agencies
at the district level. The PIU will be linked to the NBSC/NPSC through the local level project
coordination committee, i.e., the Lake Tanganyika Catchments Conservation Committee
(LTCCC) created as a sub-committee of the Mpulungu DDCC. The PIU will be a member of the
DDCC. As a subcommittee of the DDCC, the LTCCC will be responsible for periodically
monitoring the project's progress towards the intended outputs and outcomes. This Committee
will report to the NBSC/NPSC on the achievement of outputs using the Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) agreed to at the Project's Inception Meeting. The Committee will ensure
coordination among the larger components of the Lake Tanganyika Project, as well as among the
sectoral partners within the UNDP-GEF components ( i.e., agriculture, forest, water, and
community development). The DDCC will review the project activities at least every quarter.
(c) PIU: The PIU will be responsible for tracking implementation progress and project
milestones. It will prepare Quarterly and Annual Progress Reports on project implementation
under the guidance of the NBSC through the local LTCCC throughout the duration of the
project. An additional report will be prepared three months prior to the mid-term review, which
will assess overall progress in project implementation and make recommendations for adaptive
management.
(d) Community level: Within the Government's decentralisation programme, the Village and
Area Development Committees under the traditional leadership will serve as a forum for the
coordination incorporation of project activities as integral parts of the village and area level
development efforts driven by the communities. In addition, these committees will be
responsible for mobilisation of community planning, implementation, monitoring and policy
advocacy for community driven conservation and livelihood diversification in the project sites.
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They will also report to and be represented in the LTCCC. Depending on the issue at end, the
Village and Area Development Committees may solicit the inputs of other natural resources
committees such as the community resources boards.
Stakeholder representatives through project implementation workshops will review the Key
Performance Indicators annually. The outputs of these workshops will serve as a basis for
monitoring and evaluating project impact.
(e) Linking the Zambian component to the Regional Component
In addition, the PIU will report the quarterly and annual progress of the Zambian Component to
the Regional Project HQ in Bujumbura, Burundi through the MTENR. This will serve as an
input into the Quarterly and Annual Progress Reports that will be compiled and consolidated into
one single report for all the 4 riparian countries by the Regional Project HQ in Bujumbura. As a
part of the Lake Tanganyika Management Authority, the Regional HQ (Secretariat) may pass
directives to the PIU through the Zambian Government (MTENR) regarding national reporting
and any related issues.
IV.2 Evaluation
The Project will be subject to a mid-term and terminal evaluation. In addition, a Final Report will
be prepared and submitted by the PIU through the Implementing Partner (MTENR) to
UNDP/GEF before the scheduled end of the Project.
IV.3 Audit
The Office of the Auditor- General of the Republic of Zambia will provide UNDP with certified
periodic financial statements, and an annual financial and performance audit of the project
according to established procedures, set out in the UNDP programming and Finance Manuals.
The Audit will be conducted by a legally recognized auditor of the Government or by a
commercial auditor engaged by Government.
V
EPAC's Endorsement of the project
As per procedure, the project was reviewed by an Expanded Projects Appraisal Committee
(EPAC) on 28th July 2005. Clarifications were sought on project implementation and
coordination, sustainability of results, participation of stakeholders during formulation of the
project and the need for more clarity on the statement of problems to be addressed and the
linkages between project activities, outputs and outcomes. After these issues were clarified or
agreed for incorporation into the final document, the EPAC endorsed the project and also
advised that the project document should be finalised expeditiously as the proposal had been on
the drawing board for a long time. For more details, see the attached EPAC Minutes.
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Part VI
Legal Context
This project document shall be the instrument referred to as such in Article 1 of the Standard
Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA) between the Government of Zambia and the UNDP, signed
by the parties on 14 October 1983. A copy can be obtained from UNDP or the Government of
the Republic of Zambia (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) for use related to this project. The host
country-implementing agency shall, for the purpose of the Standard Basic Assistance
Agreement, refer to the government cooperating agency described in that Agreement.
UNDP acts in this project as Implementing Agency of the Global Environment Facility (GEF),
and all rights and privileges pertaining to the UNDP as per the terms of the SBAA shall be
executed mutatis mutandis to GEF.
The UNDP Resident Representative in Zambia is authorized to effect in writing the following
types of revisions to this project document, provided s/he has verified the agreement thereto of
the UNDP GEF unit and is assured that the other signatories of the project document have no
objections to the proposed changes:
(a) Revisions of, or addition to, any of the annexes to the Project Document;
(b) Revisions which do not involve significant changes in the immediate objectives, outputs or
activities of the project, but are caused by the rearrangement of inputs already agreed to or by the
cost increases due to inflation;
(c) Mandatory annual revisions which re-phase the delivery of agreed project inputs, or reflect
increased expert (or other) costs due to inflation, or take into account agency expenditure
flexibility, and
(d) Inclusion of additional annexes and attachments only as set out here in this Project
Document.
Section I1: Results and Resource Framework (see Annex 1)
Section I1I: Provisional multi-year budget (see Annex 3)
Section IV: Other Agreements
Through its Operational Focal Point, the Zambian Government has endorsed this project in a
letter to UNDP GEF dated 18th August 2004.
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Annex 1 for Section II of text: Results and Resources Framework
Intended Outcome
Lake Tanganyika's biological and other natural resources protected and sustainably utilised; thereby contributing to the "Global
environmental concerns and commitments integrated in national development planning and policies", which is the higher-level
outcome stipulated in UNDP's Strategic Results Framework (SRF).
Outcome indicators
Reducing levels of siltation into the lake resulting from improved management of the Lake's catchments though sustainable use of
agricultural and forest resources.
Applicable MYFF Line (in
National strategies for sustainable development for integrating of economic, social and environmental issues adopted
UNDP)
Partnership strategy
UNDP/GEF supported project will forge strategic linkages with joint or parallel interventions in the lake's basin supported by AfDB
(for water infrastructure, fisheries and other local development initiatives); DCI (for social services including HIV-AIDS and water
supply), WEF (community infrastructure and micro-finance and IGAs); FAO (technical support for fisheries research), NORAD (for
district development planning) and IUCN (technical support for monitoring and evaluation consolidated at sub-regional level). The
DDCC is expected to play a strategic role in enhancing these linkages through regular coordination meetings for key development
partners in the basin.
Project title
Lake Tanganyika Integrated Management Programme Zambia Component (Catchment management through sedimentation control)
Project Award ID
To be allocated when the project is approved
Intended outputs
Output targets 2008 - 2011
Indicative activities
Responsible party
1.1 On-farm demonstrations and training on mitigation measures
PIU thru Agric Officer with
for land degradation and sedimentation as well as measures for
relevant line ministry staff
sustainable low input agriculture.
1.3 Communities training in sustainable forest management
PIU thru the Agro-Forestry
1
systems, including controlled early burning, formulation of by-
and Conservation Officer
Sustainable natural
(i) At least 50% of households in
laws and promotion of community-based law enforcement
with relevant line ministry
resource use practices
target areas practicing improved,
mechanisms.
staff
erosion -reducing, land use practices by 1.4 On site demonstrations and communities training in woodlots PIU thru the Agro-Forestry
established /adopted
year 3 and 80% by year 4; (ii) 50% of
production at farm level.
and Conservation Officer
the population engaging in improved
1.5 Communities and community resource rangers training in
with relevant line ministry
practices by year 3 and 80% by year 4;
(iii) Rate of discharge into the Lake
forest management using selected forest supply areas through a
staff
reduced by 50% in year 4.
Joint Forest Management (JFM) framework
.
1.6 Establishment and implementation of water quality monitoring PIU thru short-term
and reporting system
assignments to MEWD and
ECZ staff
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2.1 Establishment of the IGA start-up revolving fund with
PIU thru the Revolving
$200,000 under the Lake Tanganyika Catchment Conservation
Fund Administration Officer
Committee (CCC) of the Mpulungu DDCC) that could possibly
with relevant line ministry
be linked with the one to be established under the AfDB for the
staff
fisheries component.
2.2 Communities training in value-adding processing such as
PIU thru the Revolving
grain milling, fruit processing, cassava chipping, sugarcane juice
Fund Administration Officer
extraction and oil expelling. All this without damaging the
with relevant line ministry
2.
environment
staff
Alternative Income
2.3 Establishment of community-based commercial woodlots
PIU thru the Revolving
(a) 30 percentage rise in household
Fund Administration Officer
Generating Activities
income arising from alternative IGAs.
with relevant line ministry
(IGA) researched, piloted
staff
and adopted.
2.4 Communities training in bee-keeping and product
PIU thru the Revolving
development.
Fund Administration Officer
with relevant line ministry
staff
2.5 Expansion and development of processing and trading of non-
PIU thru the Revolving
traditional forest products.
Fund Administration Officer
with relevant line ministry
staff
2.6 Communities training in improved small scale irrigation.
PIU thru the Agric Officer
2.7 Communities training in business management.
PIU thru the Revolving
Fund Administration Officer
with relevant line ministry
staff
3.1 Awareness programmes for (Government/Community) co-
management of natural resources.
PIU thru the Agro-Forestry
and Conservation Officer
3
with relevant line ministry
Awareness of stakeholders
staff
of the importance of
Awareness programmes undertaken in
3.2 Leadership skills training undertaken for community leaders
PIU thru the Agro-Forestry
sustainable natural
all project sites on sustainable natural
resource management
to help promote natural resource management campaigns.
and Conservation Officer
resource management
with relevant line ministry
raised.
staff
4
Community Conservation Committees
4.1. Capacity strengthened for local NRM institutions in target
PIU thru short-term
established and operationalised in all
areas.
assignment of MLGH staff
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Capacity of local
project sites.
4.2 Development of by-laws and enforcement mechanisms for the PIU thru short-term
target areas.
assignment to MLGH staff
governance structures for
sustainable natural
4.3 Advocacy for political support of community-based natural
PIU thru short-term
resource management
resource management
assignment to MLGH staff
enhanced
5.1 Project staff recruitment
MTENR with the support of
the NBSC/NPSC and the
LTCC
5.2 Establishment of management information system (MIS) for
PIU thru short-term experts
5
project implementation/monitoring.
Project efficiently and
5.3 Site-specific baseline surveys to establish data and
PIU thru short-term experts.
Suitable Project staff in place for
effectively managed,
efficient and effective management of
information for monitoring and evaluation activities.
the project.
5.4 Annual Work plans and Budgets (AWPB).
PIU staff in consultation
monitored and evaluated.
with the DDCC
5.5 Mid-term review and end of project evaluation.
MTENR thru short-term
experts
Note: Professional officers under the PIU will be recruited to perform specific roles to achieve respective outputs of the project while working closely
with relevant line staff and civil society organizations to facilitate and support the mandated institutions to perform better through improved capacity.
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Annex 2:
Provisional Multi-year Work Plan
Outputs
Activities
Lead Entity
2008
2009
2010
2011
I
II
I
II
I
1I
I
II
1
1.1 Establish new PSC or assign the existing NBSC to
x
Project efficiently and support MTENR in monitoring/overseeing project
MTENR
effectively managed,
implementation, including sub-committees as required.
monitored and
1.2 Establish PIU (office accommodation, standard operating
MTENR,
x
procedures etc) and recruit PIU staff.
NBSC
evaluated
1.3 Establish new or assign one of the existing sub-
NPSC, DDCC
x
national Project Steering Committees under the Mpulungu
DDCC for periodic reviews of the project progress at
district level .
1.4 Prepare Project Inception Report and have an Inception PIU
x
Workshop conducted.
1.5 Conduct PIU staff orientation w/shop on the project
MTENR,
x
x
management / implementation roles
NPSC
1.6 Procure computer/office equipment and vehicles
MTENR and
x
x
PIU
1.7 Hold annual and quarterly progress review meetings
MTENR and
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
for national and district level steering committees
PIU
1.9 Conduct project monitoring visits
PIU
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
1.8 Prepare & implement Annual Work Plans and Budgets
PIU
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
(AWPB).
1.9 Develop a management information system for the
PIU with short x
project.
term experts
1.10 Undertake site-specific baseline surveys to
PIU with short x
establish data and information for monitoring and
term experts
evaluation activities.
1.12 Plan and conduct a Mid-Term Review and Terminal
PIU with short
x
Evaluation of the project
term experts
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2
2.1 Establish and manage a sustainable IGA start-up revolving
PIU with short
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Alternative income
fund
term experts
2.2 Train and support communities in value-adding processing
PIU with short
x
x
x
x
generating activities
term experts
(IGAs) developed
2.3 Establishment of community-based commercial woodlots
PIU with short x
x
x
x
and train communities in woodlot management
term experts
2.4 Promote beekeeping and support product processing
PIU with short
x
x
x
x
term experts
2.5 Develop and expand NTFP processing and trading developed PIU with short x
x
x
x
and expanded
term experts
2.6 Establish sustainable small-scale irrigation systems
PIU with short
x
x
x
x
term experts
2.7 Train communities on business management
PIU with short x
x
x
x
term experts
3
3.1 Undertake awareness programmes for co-management of
PIU with short
x
x
x
x
Awareness of
natural resources
term experts
stakeholders on the
3.2 Undertake leadership training for community leaders
PIU with short x
x
x
x
importance of
undertaken to help promote natural resource management
term experts
sustainable natural
campaigns in the communities.
resource management
3.3 Train communities on environmental management.
PIU with short
x
x
x
x
raised
term experts
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4
4.1 Train local NRM institutions on sustainable natural
PIU with short x
x
x
x
Capacity of local
resources management.
term experts
governance structures
for sustainable natural 4.2 Development and dissemination of enforcement
PIU with short
x
x
x
x
resource management
mechanisms through training workshops
term experts
enhanced
4.3 Undertake advocacy campaigns for political support of PIU with short x
x
x
x
community-based natural resource management.
term experts
4.4 Undertake gender awareness campaigns
x
x
x
x
4.5 Undertake HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns
5
5.1 Establish demonstrations on mitigation measures
PIU with
x
x
x
x
Sustainable natural
against land degradation.
short term
resource use practices
experts
established
5.2 Establish demonstrations on sustainable low input
PIU with
x
x
x
x
agriculture.
short term
experts
5.3 Develop and disseminate sustainable forest
PIU with
x
x
x
x
management systems for adoption
short term
experts
5.4 Establish water quality monitoring and reporting
PIU with
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
systems for the catchment areas of the Lake.
short term
experts
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Annex 3 (for Section III in text): TOTAL BUDGET AND ANNUAL WORKPLAN
Award ID: 00042111
Award Title: PIMS1941 IW- FSP- Lake Tanganyika Zambia Component
Project ID: 00048202
Project Title: Lake Tanganyika Integrated Management Programme Zambia Component
Implementing Partner/Executing Agency: Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources
Activities /
Resp.
Fund
Donor
Budget
Budget
Outcomes
Party
Code
Code
Code
Budget description
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
TOTAL
Note
71200 International Consultant
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
20,000
1
71300 Local Consultant
40,000
60,000
68,000
40,000
208,000
2
Outcome 1:
71400 Locally recruited PMU staff
85,000
85,000
85,000
85,000
340,000
3
Reducing
71600 Travel
31,000
33,000
33,000
33,000
130,000
4
levels of
72800 IT Equipment
6,000
0
0
0
6,000
5
siltation into
the lake
72100 Contractual Services Companies
110,000
120,000
110,000
100,000
440,000
6
resulting from
Learning
35,000
50,000
50,000
45,000
180,000
7
improved
management
Govt of
72200 Equipment and Furniture
27,000
0
0
0
27,000
8
62000
GEF
of the Lake's
Zamibia
72300 Materials & Goods
0
200,000
300,000
50,000
550,000
9
catchments
through
72400 Communication and AV Equipment
4,000
0
0
0
4,000
10
sustainable
72500 Supplies
3,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
18,000
11
use of
72600 Grants
0
70,000
70,000
60,000
200,000
12
agricultural
and forest
73400 Rental & Maint of Other Equip
20,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
65,000
13
resources
74200 AV & Printing Production Costs
7,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
40,000
14
74500 Miscellaneous
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
8,000
Sub-total OUTCOME 1
2,236,000
Project
Govt of
62000
GEF
71200 International Consultant
0
13,000
0
13,000
26,000
15
Management
Zamibia
71400 Locally recruited PMU staff
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
60,000
16
72200 Equipment and Furniture
6,000
0
0
0
6,000
17
72500 Supplies
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
8,000
18
72800 IT Equipment
6,000
0
0
0
6,000
19
73100 Rental&Maintenance-Premises
16,000
16,000
16,000
16,000
64,000
20
73200 Premises Alterations
10,000
0
0
0
10,000
21
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74100 Professional Services
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
20,000
22
74500 Miscellaneous
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
4,000
Sub-total Project Management
204,000
TOTAL GEF
436,000
707,000
793,000
504,000
2,440,000
Budget
Note:
1 Adaptation Specialist
2 See the activity note for details
3 PMU inputs (85%)
4 Travel to & from LUSAKA (Plus 1,200 km) -Workshops & Consultations; also includes National PSC and PM travel to Regional PSC
5 Laptop, printer and other necessary computer related accessaries for Project Manager
6 Consulting firms for outputs 1&2 & workshops venue hiring
7 consultation, training, awareness raising workshops
8 Project Car
9 Tree seedlings, etc.
10 TV, VCR/DVD, ppt projector for awareness raising
11 papers, etc for workshop
12 For Income Generating Activities Start-up revolving fund (Output 2)
13 Car maintenance (Petrol, insurance, radio subscription, check-up, etc.)
14 for dissemination materials
15 for MTE and TE
16 PMU inputs (15%)
17 Office machinery
18 papers, etc for project management
19 computers for Admin and Finance Assistants
20 Utilities, Security, etc. Rent is covered by the Govt.
21 Office Renovation
22 for NEX audits
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Annex 4 (a): Provisional Terms of Reference for the National Project Steering
Committee
A National Project Steering Committee (NPSC), as a subcommittee of the NBSC, will guide
the implementation of the Zambian component of the Lake Tanganyika Integrated
Management Project. The NPSC chairperson will be appointed by the Ministry of Tourism,
Environment and Natural Resources. He/she will be an independent, senior and technically
qualified individual.
The NPSC will be responsible to the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural
Resources. Its specific functions shall include the following:
· Assist the MTENR in identifying suitably qualified persons to appoint to the position of
National Coordinator and other Project Staff in the PIU.
· Review periodically the progress of the project and provide timely feedback to help keep
the project on course, including review and approval of all major outputs;
· Review the PIU's progress reports that have to be sent to the Regional Office in
Bujumbura as an input in the consolidated Regional Progress Report for the 4 riparian
countries as one group.
· Facilitate mobilisation of resources, especially from cooperating national and international
partners.
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Annex 4 (b): Provisional Terms of Reference for the Project Manager (60 wm)
The Project Manager (PM) will serve as head of the PIU. In this capacity, the PM will be
responsible for the overall implementation of the project activities under the direction of the
relevant subcommittee of the DDCC in Mpulungu through the office of the District
Commissioner. On a day-to-day basis, the PM shall be supervised by the Office of the District
Commissioner who is the chairman of the DDCC and head of government at district level.
A
Key responsibilities of the PM will include:
(i)
Managing and coordinating day-today project activities, including the coordination
of inputs from the project's technical officers and short-term experts.
(ii)
Producing all required Quarterly and Annual Progress and Financial Reports as
well as quarterly and annual work plans / budgets, the Project Inception Report
and the Project Terminal Report. This task includes preparation and submission of
progress reports to the Regional Project HQ in Bujumbura through the MTENR as
an input into the Regional Report, using such formats as shall be prescribed from
time to time by the Regional Office.
(iii)
Preparing reports on the Project Steering Committee meetings, and acting as
Secretariat for the Project Steering Committee activities under the direction of the
Project Steering Committee Chairperson.
(iv)
Following up on all project issues with the line government ministries and NGOs
related to the project.
(v)
Facilitating inter-country linkage and collaboration among the riparian PIUs;
(vi)
Following up on issues raised by the Project Steering Committee.
(B)
In addition, the PM will perform the following technical functions:
He/she will initiate and facilitate the planning, implementation and management of
environmental protection and conservation activities of the project across the project's key
sectors in the Lake Basin. Working closely with relevant line ministry staff and relevant
members of the PIU, the PM will have the following specific responsibilities:
Tasks
(i)
Study and analyse the different environmental parameters prevailing in Lake
Tanganyika Basin such as watershed management requirements towards the preparation
of the of an environmental and social management plan;
(ii)
Establish and implement water quality monitoring and reporting system in the
catchment area in consultation with relevant line ministries, departments or
agencies;
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(iii)
Establish and implement sustainable mechanisms for co-management of natural
resources (land use, water, forestry, etc) for communities in the catchment area;
(iv)
Conduct a training needs assessment, formulate and implement a training
programme that might cover the following thematic areas as necessary: (a)
community-based commercial woodlots, (b) capacity development for local NRM
institutions, (c) advocacy for political support for community-based natural
resource management, (d) Conduct training in sustainable forest management
systems, including controlled early burning, formulation of by-laws and promotion
of community-based law enforcement mechanisms for communities, (e) woodlots
production at farm level, (f) forest management using selected forest supply areas
through a Joint Forest Management (JFM) framework;
(v)
Develop by -laws and enforcement mechanisms for the communities;
(vi)
Ensure conservation, sustainable use and equitable distribution of benefits derived
from management of forestry and other biological resources in the Lake
Tanganyika basin;
(vii) Enhance the capacity of the staff at district level and local communities in
activities that will protect the Lake Tanganyika biodiversity;
(viii) Develop and implement measures to reduce the pollution loads in the catchments;
(ix)
Follow up on environmental and social impact mitigation measures;
(x)
Assist communities in establishment of community forests after the training;
(xi)
Carry out information and sensitisation programmes on good environmental
practices especially the control of various types of pollution and sedimentation;
(xii) Establish environmental monitoring and evaluation systems;
(xiii) Make periodic work plans and budgets, financial and technical reports
Qualifications
-
Zambian national with fluency in English.
-
A master's degree in areas relevant to environmental and development.
Professional qualifications in agro-forestry/forestry will be preferred.
-
Good knowledge of global and national environmental issues, especially
those relating to catchment management;
-
A minimum of 5 years of working experience in the area relevant to the
project and demonstrating ability in managing the donor-supported projects.
-
Good understanding of the environmental issues in the Lake Tanganyika
Basin will be an added advantage;
-
Demonstrating a good and strong leadership and coordination ability as well
as teamwork spirit.
Duration:
12 months renewable annually over the duration of the project
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Annex 4 (c): Provisional Terms of Reference for the Revolving Fund Administration
Officer (24 wm)
Under the general guidance and supervision of the PM, the Revolving Fund Administration
Officer (RFAO) will initiate and facilitate the planning, implementation and management of
socio-economic activities of the project, including the management of the revolving fund
scheme to be established under the project for communities in the target areas.
Working closely with relevant line ministry staff and relevant members of the PIU, the
RFAO's key responsibilities will include the following:
1
Analyse the social and economic situation of the Lake Tanganyika Basin
communities (economic activities, water use, demographic aspects, health,
education, etc). This includes conducting site-specific baseline surveys to
establish or validate the baseline information and data;
2
Identify alternative income-generating activities that will reduce the
pressure on the Lake Tanganyika biodiversity. This includes an analysis of
the micro-finance requirements of the population in all the key economic
sectors (agriculture, fisheries, forestry, processing, trading, etc) of the
Basin;
3
In close consultation and collaboration the Mpulungu DDCC, establish the
IGA start-up revolving fund with $200,000 under the project for micro-
enterprises;
4
Conduct training programmes in (a) leadership training for community
leaders, (b) business management for communities, including in value-
adding processing such as grain milling, fruit processing, cassava
chipping, sugarcane juice extraction and oil expelling;
5
Assess the marketing channels, demand and supply for fish, fish products
post-harvest loss estimation, and means of its reduction,
6
Promote product development and value-adding processing of Non-
traditional forest products including beekeeping.
7
Assess evaluate IGA proposals for technical feasibility and financial
viability and recommendations for consideration under the project.
8
Monitor the implementation of IGA micro-projects to ensure recovery of
micro-credits advanced and production of planned results for the micro-
enterprises;
9
Learning from successful revolving funds in other projects and localities,
prepare and implement a sustainable exit strategy for UNDP's support to
the Revolving Fund under this project;
10
Maintain systematic records of the operations of the revolving fund.
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11
Make periodic work plans and budgets as well as financial and technical
reports.
Qualifications
-
Zambian national with fluency in English.
-
A master's degree in sociology/rural economics.
-
A minimum of 5 years of post-qualification experience in the sustainable
rural micro-credit management in Zambia.
-
Good understanding of the village/rural enterprises in riparian settings in
Zambia generally and the project area in particular.
-
Computer literacy with knowledge of at least MS Excel and MS word;
-
Experience in implementation of donor-supported projects.
Duration:
12 months renewable annually over 24 months period.
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Annex 4 (d): Provisional Terms of Reference for the Agricultural Officer (24 wm)
Under the general guidance and supervision of the Project Manager, the Agricultural Officer
will initiate and facilitate the planning, implementation and management of agricultural
activities of the project in the Lake Basin.
Working closely with relevant line ministry staff and relevant members of the PIU, the
Agricultural Officer's key responsibilities will include the following:
1 Study the agricultural conditions prevailing in Lake Tanganyika Basin and make
recommendations for sustainable approaches to sustainable agriculture in the basin
that take into account environmental protection and natural resources conservation;
2 Carry out on-farm demonstrations and training on mitigation measures for land
degradation;
3 Establish on-farm demonstrations on sustainable low input agriculture in the
catchment area;
4 Conduct training on improved small scale irrigation schemes for farmers in the project
area;
5 Enhance the capacity of the staff at district level and local communities for sustainable
farming activities that also protect the Lake Tanganyika biodiversity
6 Devise and implement appropriate measures to significantly reduce soil erosion in the
Lake Basin;
7 Carry out information and sensitisation programmes on good farming practices;
8 Establish agricultural monitoring and evaluation systems for agricultural activities;
9 Make periodic work plans and budgets, financial and technical reports
Qualifications
-
Zambian national with fluency in English;
-
A master's degree in any of the agricultural sciences (agronomy, animal
husbandry, horticulture, etc);
-
A minimum of 5 years of post-qualification experience in agriculture in
Zambia;
-
Good understanding of the agricultural development issues in small-scale
farmer sector in Zambia and in the Lake Tanganyika Basin particularly;
-
Knowledge of water management / fishery issues will be an advantage;
-
Computer literacy with knowledge of at least MS Excel and MS word;
-
Experience in implementation of donor-supported projects.
Duration:
12 months renewable annually over 24 months period.
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Annex 4 (e): Provisional Terms of Reference for the Administration Assistant (60wm)
Under the overall guidance of the Project Manager (PM), the Administrative Assistant (AA)
will ensure effective delivery of the project's outputs by efficiently managing the
administrative aspects project implementation consistent with the objectives of the project and
its annual work plans and budgets.
Specifically, the AA will:
(a)
Compile, analyze, summarize, record and maintain information on project
activities and financial data;
(b)
Assist in the preparation of project progress reports (financial and technical);
(c)
Prepare background material for use in discussions and briefing sessions.
(d)
Assist in the preparation of required budget revisions as well as drafting requests
for disbursements of funds under the project in consultation with the MTENR's
Procurement and Supplies Unit.
(e)
Present information for audit of the project, and support the implementation of
audit recommendations;
(f)
Monitor project activities by previewing a variety of records, including control
plans, progress reports, project inputs, budgets and financial expenditures as well
as undertake field visits to project sites.
(g)
Help prepare, update and maintain project publicity materials such as brochures
(h)
Assist in the organization of workshops, seminars, and round tables;
(i)
Maintain local project stores, office equipment and buildings associated with the
project;
(j)
Handle all general administrative matters of the project;
(k)
Make arrangements for:
-
All project meetings and bookings of venues;
-
Accommodation and transportation of all meeting participants;
-
Payment of per diems, and other legitimate payments related to project
through the Accounting and Procurement Officer
-
Documentation of all project meetings and other activities as directed by the
Project Manager;
-
Distribution of project literature to all interested parties; and
-
Travel for all project staff.
Qualification
University Degree in Business or Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences and
Social Sciences, preferably with specialized certification in Accounting and Finance.
5 to 6 years of progressively responsible administrative work with development projects
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc)
and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of
web based management systems.
Duration
12 months renewable annually over 60 months period.
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Annex 4 (f): Provisional Terms of Reference for the Accounting and Procurement
Officer (36 wm)
Under the general guidance and supervision of the Project Manager, the Accounting and
Procurement Officer will be in charge of the financial management and procurement for the
project.
Specifically, the key responsibilities of the Accounting and Procurement Officer will include
the following:
1 Maintaining the accounting records according to UNDP/GEF guidelines and
procedures;
2 Being responsible for the day-to-day PIU operational expenditures;
3 Disbursing funds to support the operations of the project and contracted agencies;
4 Disbursing funds against approved annual work plans and budgets;
5 Arranging for audits contracted to independent auditors and submitting the audited
accounts through the Project Manager to the Project Steering Committee, MTENR and
Lake Tanganyika Authority;
6 Assisting in the preparation of required budget revisions as well as drafting requests
for disbursements of funds under the project in consultation with the Project Manager
and the MTENR;
7 Monitoring project activities by previewing a variety of records, including work plans,
progress reports, project inputs/assets, budgets and financial expenditures;
8 Preparing financial reports for use in discussing and briefing sessions and submitting
the same to the MTENR through the Project Manager;
9 Procuring equipment, and all purchases on behalf of the project;
Qualifications
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Zambian national with fluency in English;
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Degree in Accounts or Business Administration;
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A minimum of 3 years of post-qualification experience in accounting work,
especially managing accounts of donor-supported projects;
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Computer literacy with knowledge of MS Excel, MS word and/or other
relevant accounting software
Duration:
12 months renewable annually over 36 months period.
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Annex 4(g): Provisional Terms of Reference for the Project Implementation Unit
(PIU).
The PIU shall operate under the direct supervision of the DDCC/ LTCCC through the office
of the District Commissioner as DDCC chairman and as head of government at the district
level.
Specifically, the PIU shall perform the following functions:
1. Supporting the functions of the national project steering committee as required
including serving as the secretariat of all project steering committee meetings;
2. Ensuring effective and efficient implementation of the Zambian component of the
Lake Tanganyika Integrated Management Project;
3. Preparing an initial detailed work plan and budget, within the first month of
operations, for approval of the national project steering committee;
4. Preparing quarterly work-plans and budgets as well as progress reports and submitting
them to the DDCC and the national Project Steering Committee;
5. Developing a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system complete with
indicators.
6. Ensuring active participation of key national, provincial and district stakeholders in
the project implementation;
7. Working closely with the national project steering committee to ensure that all
planned activities are implemented on schedule and on budget.
8. Developing modus operandi and detailed work plans and for the national project
steering committee;
9. Engaging suitably qualified consultants to undertake specific tasks in the
implementation of the project in line with established UNDP and Zambian
Government procurement procedures; the PIU will prepare clear, concise TORs for
these consultants and supervise their work, ensuring the quality and timeliness of their
outputs;
10. Supporting the national project steering committee in preparing and holding a national
inception workshop, launching project with stakeholders;
11. Playing a lead role, or supporting national project steering committee in carrying out
most of the major activities of the project related to the project as described in the
Project Document and under the guidance of the national project steering committee.
12. Preparing progress reports and submitting them to the Regional Project HQ in
Bujumbura as an input into the Regional Report. If a particular reporting format is
prescribed by the Regional Office, the progress reporting by the PIU will have to
comply accordingly.
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Annex 5
Organisational Chart
MTENR
Implementing Partner
NBSC/NPSC
Relevant
Line Ministries
Office of DC
DDCC
Relevant Line
Ministries
PIU
Project Manager
Agric Officer
Agro-Forestry
Accounting
Revolving Fund
Conservation Officer
/ Procurement Officer
Administration Officer
Driver
Admin Assistant
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Annex 6:
Terms of reference for the DDCC
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
CABINET OFFICE CIRCULAR NO. 1 OF 1995
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING, CO-ORDINATING AND
MONITORING OF DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICTS AND PROVINCES.
SCHEDULE
A.
DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE (DDCC)
The District Development Co-ordinating Committee will be a technical Advisory
Committee and its overall aim will be to co-ordinate the implementation of District
Development Programmes.
1.
Functions of the DDCC
The functions of the DDCC are to:
(a) Provide a forum for dialogue and co-ordination on development issues
between the Local Authority, line Departments, Donors and NGOs in the
District;
(b) Receive project proposals from various development agencies in the
District;
(c) Recommend, on request, the commissioning of feasibility studies on
projects relating to discretionary finance, e.g. constituency development
funds;
(d) Receive up-to date financial reports on capital projects relating to
discretionary finance from the District Councils' finance departments;
(e) Consolidate District draft plans for consideration and adoption by the
Council;
(f) Facilitate and co-ordinate the implementation of development plans at
District levels;
(g) Co-ordinate the provision of technical assistance, donor finance and
national support to the district;
(h) Co-ordinate implementation schedules for District plans;
(i) Receive project implementation reports from members with up-to date
information on expenditure, and to ensure that appropriate action is taken
on these reports when necessary;
(j) Monitor and co-ordinate sub-district community participatory planning
activities and ensure that reports from these bodies reach the Councils;
(k) Evaluate completed projects and review District development plans;
(l) Prepare consolidated reports on implementation progress for the council
with copies to PDCC and other relevant national institutions such as the
Ministry of Local Government and Housing (MLGH);
(m) Monitor progress of proposed action on resolutions.
2.
Membership of the DDCC
Membership shall be as follows:-
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(a) Town Clerk or Council Secretary Chairman;
(b) Director of Planning or District Planning Officer Secretary;
(c) Director of Works/Engineering;
(d) District Treasurer/Director of Finance;
(e) District Works Department Officer;
(f) District Roads Officer-in-Charge;
(g) District Agricultural Officer;
(h) District Health Inspector;
(i) Health Board Representative;
(j) Water Affairs, Officer-in-Charge;
(k) District Fisheries Officer;
(l) District Education Officer (representative of Education Board too);
(m) District Natural Resources Officer;
(n) District Forestry Officer;
(o) District Social Development Officer;
(p) Other relevant District Department Officers;
(q) Donors/NGO representatives in the District;
(r) PPU representative (ex-officio).
3.
Meeting
The DDCC shall meet at least once per quarter. It may meet more regularly when
plans are being made, or at other times as work demands.
4.
Reporting
The DDCC shall report to the Council, through its Chairman, and to the
PDCC.
5.
Sub-Committees
The DDCC may set up Committees to undertake specific tasks on its behalf
including the handling of special programmes.
6.
Secretariat
The Council shall provide a secretariat to the DDCC.
7.
Functions of the DDCC Secretariat
The functions of the Secretariat to the DDCC shall include:-
(a) Liaison with all members of the DDCC and, as appropriate, with
institutions at Provincial level, in regard to all planning and
implementation matters;
(b) Preparation and circulation of minutes of the DDCC Meetings;
(c) In consultation with the Committee Chairman, determination of the
Agenda for meetings of the DDCC and preparation of necessary papers for
discussion or decision;
(d) Ensure that reports and other documents from line Departments and
Districts are received in time for proper analysis and circulation before
DDCC meetings;
(e) Advise the DDCC on policies and programmes with respect to District
development;
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(f) Conducting any special studies required by the DDCC;
(g) Arrange and monitor training for District staff and at Sub-District level, in
planning and community participation techniques.
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Annex 8:
GEF Approved Project Document
ANNEX 5
The Lake Tanganyika Integrated Management
Project
Zambia Component
August 2004
SUMMARY
The Zambian GEF Intervention comes from a prioritisation of the SAP, in which the control
of sediment inflows from the steep mountainous terrain bordering Lake Tanganyika in both
Mpulungu and Kaputa Districts was seen as the most important area for support. The issues of
over-fishing are addressed through co-finance from AfDB/FAO and other partners of the
Integrated Programme.
Sediment inflows will be reduced through an increase in area of land brought under
sustainable land use (agriculture and forest land-uses). Emphasis will be on institutional
strengthening with support to community participation in both agriculture, in forestry and soil
erosion prevention.
Best practice and innovation, as well as regional coordination and dissemination of lessons
will be assured by linking to ICRAF's training and demonstration programmes as a regional
activity.
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Project Background / Context
I.
Country Ownership
Eligibility
Zambia ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1993 and is eligible for
technical assistance from UNDP/GEF. Zambia ratified the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
in 1991.
Country Driven-ness
Agreement, ratification and implementation of global conventions
Zambia developed a National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) in 1994, which provides a
strategy options for improving the quality of environment. Zambia developed a National
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) in 1999. The NBSAP outlined Zambia's
vision, mission and guiding principles for the implementation of the Convention. This project,
which aims to reduce erosion and sediment input into the Zambian waters of Lake
Tanganyika, will contribute directly to the conservation of this globally important biodiversity
hotspot and the sustainable use of biological resources, in line with Zambia's commitment to
the CBD. Both the NBSAP and the NEAP stress the global and national value of Lake
Tanganyika.
In 1991, Zambia ratified the Ramsar Convention an international treaty focusing on
conservation of wetlands of international importance. As a follow-up to the ratification of the
Convention, Zambia produced a National Wetland Status Report in 1994 that highlights the
values, threats development and conservation issues of the Zambia's wetlands. A National
Wetland Strategy and Action Plan was developed in 1999 This was followed by the
development of a National Policy on Wetlands in 2001. This project aims to empower riparian
communities in Zambia to plan and manage land and water resources in the Lake Tanganyika
catchments.
Project integration with national sector development policy
The major policies that are relevant to the environment and biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika
are the National Agricultural Policy (1998), the National Forestry Policy (1998), the National
Water Policy (1994), the Wildlife Policy (1993) and the Land Policy (1995) which is
currently under review.
The draft National Agricultural Policy (1998) is based on the Agricultural Sector Investment
Programme, which was launched in 1996. One of the Agricultural Policy's objectives is to
ensure that the existing agricultural resource base is maintained and improved upon.
Enhanced agricultural productivity has been given highest priority under the Poverty
Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) of 2002. This project will address soil erosion problems
through promoting improved land-use and agricultural practices, as part of conserving
downstream biodiversity, thus contributing to the realization of both the Agricultural Policy
and the PRSP objectives.
Although Zambia does not have a specific fisheries policy, fisheries are currently located in
the agriculture sector. A Framework Fisheries Management Plan has been developed as a
result of the regional Lake Tanganyika cooperation process. The Plan constitutes a
comprehensive framework for developing the sustainable and equitable management of
fisheries in Lake Tanganyika waters of Zambia, with linkages to other partner countries.
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A central objective of the National Forestry Policy (1998) relates to the sustainable
management of forest ecosystems, including water flows and biodiversity conservation, based
on scientific and indigenous technical knowledge. This Policy objective is to be achieved
through the promotion of land use systems that ensure the protection of catchments, including
headwaters, rivers and watershed resources. The Policy has been followed up by the Forest
Act of 1999, which provides for the community management of natural resources. This
project will contribute to the realization of this objective, and the Forestry Policy in general,
through piloting innovative approaches to afforestation and terrestrial resource management.
The National Water Policy (1994) covers water resources management, water use, and water
quality. The policy promotes the development of sustainable water resources with a view to
facilitating adequate, equitable and good quality water for all users at acceptable cost as well
as ensuring security of supply. The project will promote and strengthen the linkages between
sustainable catchment management and water provision development.
The Wildlife Policy (1993) sets out how the conservation of biological diversity and the
sustainable management of wildlife is to be achieved. The Policy has a significant linkage
with the development and management of the water sector in relation to the conservation of
water catchments and associated wildlife habitats. The sustainable catchment management
outputs of the project will contribute towards the conservation of wildlife habitat out with the
national protected areas network.
The Land Policy (1995) is currently under review, as the relative merits and utility of
individual land titling are examined within a historical context of a country with strong
communal land traditions.
The Decentralisation Policy (2000) now empowers decentralised levels of government
particularly districts to take greater responsibility for civil service functions and provides for
greater decision-making by the elected District Councils.
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2002-4) has environment as a cross-cutting issue.
The PRSP is currently under revision and is expected to give greater emphasis to
Environment - Poverty Linkages. The PRSP feeds into the Transitional National Development
Plan (which will be followed by a more definitive plan later on).
Regional intergovernmental conventions
During the first phase of the UNDP/GEF intervention on Lake Tanganyika
(UNDP/GEF/RAF/92/G32), and the recent PDF B process for this second phase, legal experts
and representatives from the four countries met to negotiate the text for the draft `Convention
on the Sustainable Management of Lake Tanganyika'. The Convention was signed on 12th
June 2003, and is now undergoing ratification. The objective of the Convention is to ensure
the protection and conservation of the biological diversity and sustainable use of the natural
resources of Lake Tanganyika and its environment by the contracting states.
II.
Environmental Context
Lake Tanganyika contains amongst the greatest biodiversity of any lake in the world, with
more than 2,000 species of fish, invertebrates and plants that have been recorded in the lake
basin, of which over 500 are endemic. More detailed information about the richness of Lake
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Tanganyika in terms of biodiversity and other values is given to the Strategic Action Program
document and in the Regional Component of this Project Brief.
The Zambian zone of the Lake is biodiverse and rich in endemic fish and mollusc species. For
example, 37 percent of all fish species known to inhabit Lake Tanganyika were identified in the littoral
lake zone of Nsumbu National Park that stretches for 80 km. The fourteen mollusc species identified
in the Park represent 20% of the total number that have been recorded in Lake Tanganyika. All the 14
species are endemic to the Lake. The Zambian littoral zone and river mouths and associated wetlands
provide important breeding grounds for economically important fish species. Nsumbu National Park
provides considerable protection to lake biodiversity, but its aquatic habitats are under threat by
increased levels of sedimentation. Outside the park fish resources are depleted by over-fishing and by
deleterious fishing methods.
Whilst there are no urban settlements of the size of Bujumbura or Kigoma on the Zambian shores,
Mpulungu is a rapidly growing township, with some secondary industries, and so waste-water
treatment and point pollution are potential issues of concern2.
III.
Socio-economic, Institutional and Policy Context
Socio-economic Context
Lake Tanganyika has substantial and on-going livelihoods value to lakeshore communities.
The lake is a source of fish for consumption and sale, it provides key transport and
communication links and is a source of water for industrial and agricultural development as
well as for domestic use. Several million people live in the Lake Tanganyika basin and the
population continues to grow despite a legacy of prolonged and tragic ethnic conflict in
Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). About 300,000 people live around
the Zambian part of the Lake, the majority of whom rely on small-scale agriculture,
agricultural processing and fisheries for their livelihoods.
The main socio-economic constraint to ecosystem integrity and human well being in the
Tanganyika basin is poverty. The main causes of poverty in the basin include:
· Limited choice of livelihood options and over-dependence on agriculture and fishing
· Inadequate access to land and capital, and limited access to credit by the poor
· Inadequate access to markets to sell/buy goods and services
· Shortage of labour and skills for productive enterprise
· Destruction of natural resources, leading to degradation and reduced productivity of
resource base
· Lack of participation by the poor in the design of development programmes
Institutional and Policy Context
Past under-achievement in the conservation and sustainable utilization of natural resources in
Zambia can be largely attributed to policies and accompanying institutional arrangements in
the natural resource and other sectors that indirectly impact on biodiversity. While new
policies and initiatives have begun to address the failures of previous policies, their legacy
continues to heavily impact on current resource management regimes. The most important
weaknesses in these institutional arrangements areas follows:
§ At the community level, local institutions (e.g. traditional authorities) and government
departments operate in a divergent and un-coordinated manner in natural resource
2 Waste-water treatment for Mpulungu remains a priority under SAP, it is possible that other donor
interventions may be leveraged by the Programme Partnership during this project lifetime.
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management in general. Government imposed systems of resource management are
frequently at odds with traditional practices of resource access and control. This
situation has largely arisen as a result of government policies and regulations that have
excluded community involvement and interests in the management of natural
resources. This process has eroded traditional norms and rules that have modulated
resource use.
§ Natural resource management has generally tended to be carried out through a sectoral
approach. For example, the fisheries department concentrates on fish conservation and
utilization without involving other sectors which impact on the fish and its Lake
habitat such as water, agriculture and forestry. It is now recognized that the application
of a cross-sectoral approach to natural resource conservation and catchment
management in particular is needed.
§ Natural resource policy formulation has tended to be government-driven to the
exclusion of intended beneficiaries, particularly local communities. Past policy, while
addressing national interests, has often failed to take into account important local level
economic and socio-cultural parameters resulting in the development of inequitable
and under-achieving natural resource management institutions and practices.
§ Legislation on natural resource management has failed to include tangible incentives
for people who depend and impact on natural resources. The tendency has been the
enactment of legislation entailing punitive disincentives for local resource users.
Furthermore, the larger share of revenue (in taxes and/or levies) accrued from the
natural resource sector has been collected by the central treasury, leaving no tangible
incentives or sustainable system of funding for communities to conserve and
sustainably utilize their resources.
Recent developments in the revision of Zambian natural resource management policies and
accompanying institutional arrangements have made substantial headway in the sector's
reform and its democratisation. Policy now recognizes the critical importance of community
participation as well as the significance of developing viable benefit and cost sharing regimes
among all stakeholders. A unique opportunity for developing and demonstrating transformed
catchment management systems for the Lake is now possible, through the planned devolution
of resource control to local lacustrine communities.
Baseline Situation: Threats, Root Causes and Activity
IV.
Threats
The biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika faces major threats. With regard to the Zambian part of
the Lake, over-fishing and damaging fishing methodologies, high rates of sedimentation into
the Lake and its inflowing rivers, and growing pollution concerns were documented in detail
in the Trans Boundary Diagnostic Analysis (TBDA), and were identified as major threats to
the Lake's biodiversity. The focus of this project phase is controlling sedimentation, which
was considered as the priority concern, by stakeholders as it causes deterioration in water
quality of inflowing rivers and the Lake itself. Co-Finance Partners will address fishing issues
(AfDB).
Local resource managers view deforestation, which occurs in many of the catchments, and
unsustainable agricultural practices as the main contributors to sedimentation. The main
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causes of deforestation are woodland clearing for agriculture and demands for fuelwood for
domestic use, fish smoking and tobacco curing, poles for house construction and transportation
of fish. Poor agricultural practices include river-bank cultivation, steep-slope cultivation and lack
of manuring and mulch inputs.
The sediment deposited into the Lake destroys the habitats of fish and other aquatic species.
In aquatic environments, sediment impairs the dissolved oxygen balance in the water and
obscures light needed for primary production, both of which are detrimental to aquatic life. In
addition, heavier sediment particles blanket fish spawning areas and cover food supplies for
many species.
V.
Root causes
The threats impacting on Lake Tanganyika are the product of a complex and inter-acting
range of issues that can be usefully categorised thus:
§
Weak local natural resource management and tenure institutions natural
resource management has long been the prerogative of central and district government
without appropriate, popular and effective participation of local communities and
resource-users. With a legacy of chronic under-resourcing in the natural resource sector,
the capacity of government institutions and the effectiveness of their programmes have
remained weak, leading to de facto open resource use situations. De facto open resource
use situations have also occurred as resource use and tenure rights have remained
contested and local communities continue to perceive resource management and law
enforcement responsibilities as lying heavily with the state.
§
Poor governance and accountability reflective of a complex set of development
and societal issues, poor governance and accountability have led to ineffective natural
resource management, unsustainable resource use practices and have frequently
compromised law enforcement.
§
Lack of regional cooperation Lake Tanganyika is a trans-boundary resource and
natural resource management issues particularly fishing have, until recently, not been
managed in an integrated manner between the four nations. This has resulted in the
imminent prospect of the important pelagic fishery collapsing, with substantial
implications for fisherfolk's dependency on littoral fisheries already showing signs of
depletion. Other issues such as lake pollution and sedimentation are usually more
localised but require a regionally coordinated effort to effect abatement and prevention
measures.
§
Insufficient local and national institutional liaison catchment natural resource
management is ideally a multi-sectoral undertaking involving water, agriculture, fisheries,
forest, wildlife, land (tenure) and mining sectors. Each usually has its own district
department and these departments may fall under entirely different ministries at national
level. Creating and maintaining sufficient liaison and linkages between all these
institutions is not easy and often receives inadequate attention. To date, insufficient
coordination between all these sectors has led to disjointed and sometimes contradictory
policies and programmes, resulting in poor catchment management. And underlying these
institutional root-causes are the twin problems of:
A growing human population - in the Lake Tanganyika basin has led to
increasing pressure on the resource base. While growing human populations may
not necessarily lead to deleterious outcomes for the integrity of ecosystems and
biodiversity, a range of complex factors, including those presented below, have
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resulted in insufficient incentives for and the inability of people to successfully
manage their relationship with the environment in an ecologically sustainable way.
Poverty - is widespread in communities living around the lake, and heavily frames
people's fishery and land (forest and soil) resource use rationales which often
maximise short-term benefits to the detriment of the natural resource-base. People
farming the steep slopes of the lake's shores are amongst the poorest in local
society and therefore are unable, for a variety of reasons, to invest sufficiently in
sustainable farming and resource use practices. Underlying reasons include
seasonal farm labour shortages, insufficient access to affordable credit, insecure
land tenure, and a lack of knowledge about sustainable farming practices in a
contemporary context.
VI.
On-going Baseline Activities
Conservation Activity
Within the Zambian Lake Tanganyika catchment there are several natural resource protected
areas, ranging from the relatively large Nsumbu National Park, to a number of smaller forest
reserves and local reserves, and game management areas. Management of these areas is not
very effective3, due to weak mandated agencies and little real participation from adjacent
communities.
Natural resource management in Zambia is however starting a reform process following a set
of new natural resource policies that were developed in the 1990s. As part of this process, a
number of community and local level committees have been developed for managing
particular resources such as wildlife and fisheries. For example, there currently exist
Chiefdom-based committees such as the Community Resource Boards under Zambia Wildlife
Authority (ZAWA) and the Stratum Committees under the Fisheries Department. These
committees need to be linked with Village Conservation Development Committees (VCDCs)
where they do not already exist, and Area Conservation Development Committees (ACDCs)
as appropriate see section 3.5.1 However, other ongoing natural resource management
developments have been less successful. Recent attempts by the government to re-enforce
control in gazetted forests have consisted of developing laws and regulations including
charges for extracting wood from the open forests. This approach has not been successful due
to the poor law enforcement capacity of the Forestry Department and insufficient support and
participation from local communities. The extension services are not strong.
Land-Use, Agriculture and Livelihoods Activity
Mpulungu and Kaputa Districts are a mixed farming area, where tsetse fly has traditionally
prevented cattle keeping. The Districts rank at an intermediate level in national poverty
indices. Population densities are medium and only rising slowly, in part due to HIV-AIDS. A
key issue is that both districts have few livelihood options outside fishing and subsistence
agriculture. Lack of livelihood options has led to over-fishing, and to illegal hunting in
National Parks and Game Management Areas.
The topography is one of relatively steep hillsides dissected by several streams and rivers,
rising from the lake at 900m asl. Slopes are covered with miombo (Brachystegia) woodland,
with a fire prone tall grass ground layer. Main crops are beans (much exported to Lusaka and
the copper-belt), sweet-potatoes and cassava. The area is not a major maize producer. Poor
agricultural practices are increasingly common, in part due to insufficient land tenure security
3 A new GEF-UNDP Project to support the wildlife PA network in Zambia has just been approved.
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and few incentives for soil conservation practices, rather than high human densities and land
shortage.
Districts have functional District Officers for agriculture, forestry and fisheries, as well as for
community development. There is a regional Agricultural Research Centre at Misamba,
Kasama. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture Extension Officer maintains extension staff
at `camp level' (with a camp covering two or more villages).
Districts maintain District Development Coordination Committees (DDCCs). Traditional
leadership is still strong (although waning) and constitutes a competing local power base to
council/civil-service governance, leading to conflicts of interest. The districts are further
administrated through ward, section and village levels. Villages do not have formal village
governments, but instead traditional chiefs/headmen. Villagers have a series of Committees
(e.g. the Village Forestry and Natural Resources Committee), but it is currently considered
that there are too many committees at this level.
Communities manage forest resources on community and state-land with guidance from
Forestry. Northern Province is not included in the Provincial Forest Action Plans, and the
CBNRM programmes are not active in these two northern districts. Whilst the Forest Act
provides for CBNRM, requisite capacity has yet to be developed, appropriate frameworks and
guidance have yet to be put in place.
On-going Support Programmes The Baseline
There is currently an aid disparity in Zambia, with distant poor-access districts receiving
proportionally less support. Northern Province and the two focal districts do not have a strong
NGO presence either international or national NGOs. Refugee camps in adjacent districts
are supported by CARE/World-Vision. Major donors in the two districts have been NORAD
(for district development), the AfDB for water infrastructure, and Irish Aid for social services
(HIV-AIDS and water).
The Economic Expansion of Outlying Areas project grew into the present Agriculture Support
Programme (ASP), (SIDA funded). ASP consolidates several earlier SIDA soil, agriculture
conservation programmes. ASP is active in 4 Provinces and 20 districts. Whilst Northern
Province is included, neither Mpulungu nor Kaputa Districts are included. Lessons earned can
be gained from other Northern districts and applied in the project areas. This ASP is different
from the WB funded national level Agriculture Sector Investment Programme (ASIP) that is
coming to an end.
UNDP has just approved a micro-finance project on a pilot basis. This involves collaboration
with the Graminee Bank Trust and United Nations Volunteers (UNV). The project is being
piloted in Lusaka Province and Mpulungu-Kaputa would be an appropriate area to which to
expand. Also, the World Bank funded Zambia Small Investment Fund (ZAMBELE) has well
developed micro-finance expertise. ZAMBELE has prepared District Profiles to help define
best lending practice.
Conclusion
The biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika is threatened by rising levels of sedimentation into the
lake caused by increasingly unsustainable land-use practices and a declining natural resource
base. The root causes of these trends are weak natural resource governance, the lack of a
multi-sectoral approach and coordination to wider ecosystem management, as well as insecure
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and weak community-based resource tenure and management systems. This situation is
further compounded by the effects of poverty and relatively low levels of external programme
support at District level. Without the project's intervention, Mpulungu and Kaputa Districts
will be unable to address the baseline situation as part of Zambia's commitment to conserving
the bio-diversity of Lake Tanganyika.
Alternative Course of Action
VII. Introduction
The Alternative Course of Action is to develop interventions to fill the gaps left from the
baseline scenario, so as to seek sustainable global and national benefits from rational use and
management of the Lake Tanganyika resources. The environmental threat analysis identifies
needs in improved fishing practice, in pollution control, and in catchment management. Co-
finance deals with fisheries and pollution, as well as a suite of livelihood support options
including infra-structural support, such as roads. The GEF intervention in Zambia addresses
catchment management.
The catchment baseline consists of past experience with agricultural/soil projects designed to
reduce erosion through soil conservation efforts, and projects aimed at afforestation. The past,
largely top-down, sectoral, non-participatory processes did not lead to more than short-term
isolated successes. This finding is true across much of sub-Saharan Africa, and is not a purely
Zambian conclusion.
The innovation of this proposal is to seek cross-sectoral interventions that are rooted in
participatory process, building new technologies onto traditional practice. "Ownership" of the
project processes, of the land, and on the usufruct resources from the land, are key ingredients
of the alternative. Success will come from a set of inputs including institutional support and
capacities and coordinated linkages from upstream policy to downstream on-ground practices.
In addition: awareness, demonstration, secure tenure, and a set of improved land-husbandry
practices that are tested on-site with farmers, as well as alternative income generating
practices to reduce pressures on land resources.
To ensure the use of best practice in catchment management, the project in Zambia (along
with Tanzania and DRC catchment components) will use the International Centre for Agro-
Forestry (ICRAF) in Nairobi to provide training, demonstration, learning experiences and
their dissemination within the region.
The project will pilot these interventions in four sites within Mpulungu and Kaputa Districts,
each within a different micro-catchment (Lunzua. Izi, Chisala and Lufuba Rivers). Further co-
finance from AfDB will extend these pilot processes elsewhere in Mpulungu and Kaputa
Districts.
The expected impacts of GEF support
Zambia is committed to fulfilling its international and regional commitments to biodiversity
conservation and the sustainable management of the Zambian part of the Lake Tanganyika
basin. GEF co-financing would enable Zambia to fast-track current implementation of recent
natural resource policy reforms and to achieve milestone improvements in the management of
Lake Tanganyika basin. The key impact resulting from GEF support of the project will be:
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Tangible, growing and sustained reductions in sedimentation rates at project
demonstration sites which lead to improved biodiversity habitats due to:
§ Rising up-take by farmers of improved and sustainable agricultural practices that will
be replicable throughout the Zambian portion of the Lake Tanganyika basin
§ A decrease in deforestation resulting from more effective community-based natural
resource management serving as a demonstrative model for the Lake catchment.
§ The development and piloting of multi-sectoral institutions, linkages and relationships
between community, local and national levels that successfully support participatory
forms of natural resource management. The lessons and precedents set will enable
similar initiatives in the Lake basin to be started, with potential for replication on a
wider national scale.
VIII. Objective and Outcome
The Immediate Objective is as outlined in the Lake Tanganyika Strategic Action Plan (SAP)
and is in line with the Transitional Development Plan (TDP) and the Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper (PRSP) of the Zambian Government and is defined as:
`The protection and conservation of the biological diversity and the sustainable use of the
natural resources of Lake Tanganyika'
The project's single Outcome in Zambia is as follows:
`Reduced levels of siltation into the lake resulting from improved management of the
Lake's catchments with sustainable use of agricultural and forest resources'.
IX.
Outputs
To attain the outcome and hence contribute to the fulfilment of the overall objective, the
stakeholders of this project have developed five tangible, specific outputs:
Table 1: Project Outputs
Output 1: Sustainable natural resource use practices established
Output 2: Sustainable alternative income generating activities developed
Output 3: Awareness of stakeholders of the importance of sustainable natural
resource management raised
Output 4: Capacity of local governance structures for sustainable natural resource
management enhanced
Output 5: Project efficiently and effectively managed to achieve outputs and
immediate objective, with monitoring and evaluation process to show impact.
Output 1: Sustainable natural resource use practices established
The Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Sustainable Management of Lake Tanganyika
calls for an integrated approach to addressing the sector-based and underlying causes and
threats to biodiversity. In response to this call, this project will enhance the capacity of
resource users and managers at catchment level to increase their ability to sustainably manage
and utilize resources so that biodiversity is conserved and livelihoods are improved. To this
effect the following are the proposed sub-outputs:
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Sub-outputs/Activities
1.1 - Demonstrations on mitigation measures for land degradation established:
The Department of Agriculture will set up participatory on-farm demonstrations within the
four priority areas to show-case technologies for abating land degradation, control ling soil
erosion (contour ploughing, planting strips with vetiver grass), developing alternatives to
slash and burn practices and planting fast growing agroforestry species to rejuvenate
abandoned farmlands. These activities tend to take relatively long periods to show
appreciable results and must therefore begin in the first year of project implementation so that
their effects can be observed within the project's life. The technologies to be promoted must
show tangible and reasonably immediate benefits for farmers. For example, the species used
in contour bunds or improved fallows must be fast growing with good coppicing abilities that
can be used or marketed for purposes such as fuelwood and poles. Misanfu Agricultural
Research Centre based in Kasama (the provincial capital of Northern Province) has a menu of
appropriate species available that the project will utilise.
1.2 - Demonstrations on sustainable low input agriculture established
Soils in the region are inherently low in fertility and, due to high rainfall, nutrient leaching
(especially of bases) is very high. The pH tends to be very low with high levels of aluminium.
Fertility management of these soils often requires the application of high levels of external
inputs such as lime and inorganic fertilizers. These inputs are costly and not easily available
in the area and it will be prudent for the project to promote low input systems. In this regard,
organic / inorganic farming combinations will be promoted that reduce requirements for
externally procured (inorganic) inputs. The Department of Agriculture will demonstrate green
manure technologies, agroforestry techniques, minimum tillage and other adaptable
conservation farming techniques. These demonstrations will be on farmer's fields and farmer
managed.
1.3 - Sustainable forest management systems developed and adopted
The Forestry Department will work with communities to rehabilitate degraded forests
establish woodlots and plantations, and encourage controlled early burning, formulating by-
laws and promoting community-based law enforcement mechanisms. The approach for the
establishment of these woodlots will need to take a business-orientated approach so as to
offer profit incentives that encourage people to participate in this conservation effort. Three
approaches are proposed:
1. Mobilization of villages to manage degraded village forests. In addition to allowing natural
regeneration of degraded forests, selected areas would be additionally re-afforested with
selected fast growing species within the constraints and opportunities of local tree tenure
practices.
2. Promotion and demonstration of individual farm woodlots.
3. Management of selected forest supply areas through a Joint Forest Management (JFM)
framework between the Department of Forestry and user groups. The Forestry Department is
currently piloting a JFM approach in line with the new Forestry Act and this project could
complement these efforts in the context of the Lake catchment management. Part of the JFM
development process will be the delivery of training for Community Resource Rangers.
Communities will select Community Resource Rangers who will have the responsibility of
resource monitoring (e.g. in a particular forest). Community Resource Rangers will require
specialized training in basic resource management, resource-user relations, and law
enforcement rights and obligations.
1.4 - Water quality monitoring and reporting system established and functional
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The Department of Water Affairs will monitor water quality as an indicator of upstream
activity. The measurements will include sediment levels, chemical pollution, ballast water
monitoring and flow measurements. The resulting data analysis and reporting will provide
important feedback for monitoring the impact of upstream human activity on the water
quality and its likely impacts on aquatic life. (This feeds into the Regional M and E Process)
Output 2: Alternative Income Generating Activities (IGA) developed
The Lake Tanganyika catchment provides lacustrine communities with an array of goods and
services upon which they depend for their livelihoods. In recognition of the legitimate need
for people to sustainably exploit the catchment's natural resources to access economic
benefits (goods and services), the project will develop and pilot alternative sustainable ways
of utilising these resources. Project-mediated development of alternative income generating
activities will reduce the pressure on, and demand for, fish as a source of income and
livelihood.
Sub-outputs / Activities (This includes a range of possible options of potential IGA's)
2.1 - The IGA start-up revolving fund established
The success of IGAs will depend on the injection of initial start-up capital to finance
interested and well-appraised entrepreneurs. It is therefore proposed that the project sets aside
funds amounting to US$ 200,000 to open a revolving fund to be managed by the Catchment
Conservation Committee (CCC) under the supervision of the District Development
Coordinating Committee (DDCC). The seed fund is relatively small but the scheme, if
successful, is expected to grow from the interest paid by the borrowers and from bank interest.
Entrepreneurs will then apply for funds through VCDCs to start IGAs. The sub-output will
link with AfDB co-finance, which is developing micro-credit for fisheries.
The Project Implementation Unit (PIU - see section 3.11.2) will coordinate the setting up of
this fund drawing from the experiences of the ZAWA (Zambia Wildlife Authority) revolving
fund and other successful revolving funds around the country like the Core Programme
Village Revolving funds for IGAs under the IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural
Development) funded by the Southern Province Household Food Security Programme.
The project will promote alternative income generating activities and enterprise development
that reduce pressure on the natural resource base, rather than those that provide an additional
economic activity, without promoting biodiversity conservation. IGAs will be community
demand driven, facilitated through community training and awareness building, and
contingent on project-mediated market assessments and cost benefit analyses.
2.2 - Value-adding processing supported
The project will promote activities that increase the value of agricultural products as a means
for increasing livelihood benefits. Potential initiatives will include promotion of appropriate
processing technology such as hammer mills, small-scale fruit processing equipment, cassava
chippers, sugarcane juice extractors and oil expellers. Care will need to be taken to ensure
that successful value-adding initiatives do not in turn create an incentive for people to expand
their enterprises to the extent that they harm natural forest conservation areas.
2.3 Community-based commercial woodlots established
The sale of poles (< 14cm butt diameter) is a lucrative business in Mpulungu. These are used
to increase the carrying capacity of the trucks used for transporting fish to towns and to
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fast growing tree species, this could be turned into a profitable yet sustainable income
generating activity.
Appropriate land and tree tenure arrangements based on local norms and practices will be
first examined to ensure the success of the initiative. Silvicultural management will involve
first establishing tree nurseries by the Forestry Department that will later be handed over to
community management when sufficient capacity has been built. Community members will
purchase seedlings from the nurseries to raise their own woodlots. The Forest Department
will then offer training in management of the woodlots. Upon the maturation of these
woodlots, the Forest Department will then stop issuing licenses for trading in natural
uncultivated forest poles. In addition to income generation the activities will relieve pressure
on natural forests and help aid their regeneration.
2.4 - Bee-keeping promoted and product development supported
Beekeeping occurs at a very low scale in the lacustrine villages and most of the bee products
are used locally. In other areas of Zambia commercial bee keeping is a vibrant business. The
lakeshore, as an area where agrochemical usage has been low, would be particularly suited to
the production of organic honey, which upon its certification, could be exported. The
potential for export-orientated `Fair Trade' bee products will be examined as part of project-
mediated market investigations to maximise potential benefits for honey producers.
2.5 - NTFP processing and trading developed and expanded
The forests in the area are important sources of wild fruits, mushrooms and numerous types
of valuable nuts. During the season most of these products are available in over-abundance
and usually a high proportion goes to waste. Together with communities, the Departments of
Agriculture and Forestry will explore preservation possibilities of these products for sale
during the off-season when their availability is low and prices are higher.
2.6 - Small scale irrigation supported and improved
Currently communities are growing irrigated crops along the riverbanks, a practice which
often leads to riverbank erosion and sedimentation. Through the Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives, the project will promote small-scale water lifting devices (e.g. treadle pumps)
and community-based canal construction to move the gardens further away from the
riverbanks where there will be more space and less impact on the riparian environment.
Cultivation along riverbanks will be subsequently proscribed through by-laws. In addition,
the potential for facilitating and promoting the cultivation of high value crops (paprika, green
maize, green beans etc) under some organized contract farming or out growers scheme will be
investigated.
2.7 - Capacity of communities in business management strengthened
Key to the success of the IGA initiative is the development of business skills and basic record
keeping among participating local business people. A number of training manuals have been
developed by previous or existing projects and could be adapted and used. The project will
also consider the use of the ILO's `Start and Improve Your Business' (SIYB) manuals and
their subsequent adaptation to suit agro-based income generating activities (GTZ/ MACO-
ASSP) as an appropriate starting point.
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Output 3: Awareness of stakeholders of the importance of sustainable natural resource
management raised
Wide scale buy-in to the principles of improved and participatory natural resource
management and biodiversity conservation is critical to the sustainability of the project's
outputs. All stakeholders must be aware of the important role each plays in this process. The
communities and the private sector must know that they are key players in sustainable
management and biodiversity conservation, and that the government not only accepts them as
such, but also expects their active participation. Similarly, the line ministries must accept the
communities and the private sector as equal partners in conservation and be willing to
facilitate their effective participation in the process.
To promote this concept, the project will design and implement an awareness raising strategy
aimed at informing, and therefore helping to empower, all stakeholders to actively and
effectively participate in achieving improved resource management and biodiversity
conservation. Awareness building will be achieved through meetings, seminars, study tours,
panel discussions and locally available media.
To ensure effective and appropriate participation of all stakeholders in improved natural
resource planning and management processes, both district staff and staff of respective line
ministries will be trained in participatory resource planning rationale and techniques.
Sub-outputs / Activities
3.1 - Awareness programmes for co-management of natural resources enhanced
§ Study tours for communities (exchange visits): VCDCs and resource-user groups as
well as line ministry and district staff will be given opportunities to visit other
communities developing participatory resource management in order to share ideas
and experiences. Study tours are a well-known mechanism for building the
confidence, commitment and capacity of local communities in participatory resource
management development initiatives. They also provide an opportunity for
communities to avoid the mistakes and problems encountered by other communities
in developing participatory resource management.
§ Joint training for stakeholders: An initial joint training for all stakeholders will be
undertaken to ensure that all appreciate each others' roles and responsibilities.
3.2 - Leadership training for community leaders undertaken
§ Elected local and traditional leaders will be invited to attend a workshop that
introduces the project, its objectives and outputs as well as the underlying key
processes of decentralisation of natural resource management and the creation of
partnerships with civil society. Once they have begun to better understand the
project's objectives and rationale, the councillors will be able to better represent their
constituencies when they need to talk about or advocate community-based natural
resource management issues.
§ The leaders then will be invited to participate in leadership training so that they are
better able to provide guidance and support for the VCDCs and ACDCs
3.3 Community environmental management and awareness levels raised
The project will facilitate a youth environmental awareness programme on the premise that
today's youth will be the future beneficiaries of the project's initiatives to conserve and
sustainably utilise biodiversity. Training will target existing youth organizations such as
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`Chongololo' clubs, young farmers clubs and youth skill training centres. In the event that
these clubs do not exist in participating project communities, the project will facilitate the
formation of conservation clubs by youth groups that will be linked to local VCDCs and/or
local schools. The project will work with youth and other interest groups to:
§ Develop environmental education materials in local languages
§ Facilitate the production of radio & TV programmes
§ Encourage the development of drama for environmental education
§ Carry out video shows and discussion groups in communities
Output 4: Capacity of local governance structures for sustainable natural resource management
enhanced
Currently local communities and their committees have little control over external operatives
(traders, transporters and refugees) who come into the catchments to extract natural resources.
Reversing this situation will be key to helping empower communities to successfully manage
their natural heritage and reduce sedimentation. In this regard, the systematic improvement
and rationalization of the laws, policies, and institutions governing the use of communities'
natural resources will be necessary. The project will thus review, and where necessary,
facilitate the consolidation of local level natural resource governance structures and processes
through a participatory process. Where such structures and processes do not exist, the project
will advocate their development. The project will also identify areas of conflict with local
norms and rules, proposing appropriate solutions as feasible. This process will help harmonise
local (and, if appropriate, national) policies so as to ensure that current and future potential for
institutional and resource-use policy conflicts is minimised.
Sub-outputs / Activities
4.1 - Capacity of local NRM institutions strengthened
§
An inventory of existing community-based natural resource management committees
will be undertaken to identify institutional gaps.
§
Currently there are separate committees for wildlife, fisheries, water, forestry and
agriculture at village level. These will need to be rationalised in a participatory manner in
order to create a single committee that will have overall mandate for all natural resources
(VCDC).
§
A training programme for VCDCs, drawn from the practices and experiences of
successful community-based natural resource management initiatives in the wider region
will be developed and carried out.
§
District and line ministry personnel will be trained in participatory skills and technical
aspects of CBNRM development. External trainers with regional experience in CBNRM
will develop and conduct the training programme.
§
Study tours will be carried out as detailed in Output 3.1.
4.2 - By-laws and enforcement mechanisms developed.
An initiative will be launched to develop stakeholders' understanding of the importance and
strength of community-based natural resource use compliance systems, and in particular by-
law operation. Working together with the local (district) authorities, community level
leadership, VCDCs, resource-user groups and supporting line ministries, the following
activities will be undertaken:
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An inventory of resources requiring protection and management through by-laws will
be developed.
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The district councils currently have insufficient capacity to enforce by-laws due to
over-stretched staff. It is currently proposed that the District council instead empowers or
subcontracts the VCDCs, ACDCs and CCCs to enforce by-laws related to the
conservation of biodiversity. In return the monetary proceeds arising from the licensing
of natural resource use will be shared in agreed proportions between the council and
communities. This will not only develop a growing sense of resource ownership by local
communities but also promote the sustainability of by-law systems. Currently an
assumption is that district by-laws are sufficiently accepted, supported and appropriate
for local-resource users. The project will need to verify this assumption, and to facilitate
remedial measures as required to ensure that the by-laws have a wide constituency
among resource-user groups.
§
Working with resource-user groups, a range of positive incentive resource use
compliance systems will be developed in addition to more traditional deterrent measures.
Positive incentive agreements (such as long-term access rights contingent on compliant
resource use) between districts, VCDCs and resource-user groups will help promote long
term and sustainable resource custodianship among resource-user groups.
§
The project will monitor and technically support the enactment and implementation of
by-laws, so as to measure their efficacy in biodiversity conservation and the facilitation
sustainable livelihoods.
4.3 - Advocacy for political support of community-based natural resource management
undertaken
Political interests in the pursuit of short-term gains can derail otherwise successful community
initiatives. To avoid such unfortunate occurrences, the project will carry out a programme of
advocacy to foster a sense of project ownership and support by local and national politicians
through the CCC. Local members of parliament and constituency officials, will be brought
on-board through a consultation and advocacy workshop during the initial stages of the
project's implementation.
Output 5: Project efficiently and effectively managed, monitored and evaluated
The project will need to develop an effective and efficient Management Information System
(MIS) that will be a key administrative tool for the project's implementation. The MIS will
require the timely acquisition, analysis and dissemination of relevant information to the
project's staff and stakeholders. An MIS is an organized system, comprising of a sequence of
processes that captures accurate and relevant information and processes it in a timely
manner into the information that managers need to manage their project'
The MIS will comprise a Planning and a Monitoring & Evaluation component. The project's
log frame with its in-built targets will provide benchmarks against which actual performance
will be monitored and evaluated. The findings of the M&E process will in turn be fed back
and used to review and possibly modify the original log frame.
Sub-outputs / Activities
5.1 Recruitment of project staff
5.2 Management Information System (MIS) developed and implemented
The PIU will work together with the other stakeholders to identify information requirements
for each level in the project's management structure and apportion responsibility for the
capture of the information. The PIU will then develop reporting formats which capture the
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required data in a way that best facilitates the provision of information in an appropriate and
timely manner. The provision of information will be linked with developing an appropriate
system of meetings
5.3 Site-Specific baseline survey conducted
A resource and site specific catchment based baseline survey will be conducted at the
beginning of the project to provide benchmarks for monitoring and evaluation. The baseline
survey will need to be carefully designed so that it captures an appropriate and representative
range of data parameters that remain robust and useful throughout and after the project's
implementation. Data parameters will include: knowledge, attitudes and practices at
community, district level; the overall institutional environment; key environmental indicators
and; verification of current income generating activities.
5.4 Preparation and implementation of Annual Work plans and Budgets (AWPB) carried out
The PIU will ensure that the follow activities are carried out:
§ Timely preparation of annual work plans and budgets
§ Facilitation of regular committee meetings (VCDC, CCC, ACDC)
§ Preparation and processing of requests for disbursement of funds.
§ Preparation and timely submission of quarterly and annual reports
§ Timely procurement of all goods and services at appropriate cost and quality.
§ Monitoring the project implementation activities of stakeholders through the MIS
5.5 Mid-term review and end of project evaluation planned and conducted
There will be a mid-term review of the project by independent consultants to assess project
progress - whether or not the project's planned activities are leading to the desired outputs and
hence contributing to the overall goal. This will result in key recommendations on the
direction the project should take in its latter period. The End of Project Evaluation and Impact
Assessment will be conducted to ascertain the impact of the Project's interventions on the
livelihoods of the communities and on the status of biodiversity.
X.
Project Sites
The project activities are planned to cover the whole catchment range of the Zambian side of
the lake from Mpulungu to Kaputa district with the exception of the catchment area that lies
within the Nsumbu National Park. Both districts are part of Northern Province, with a
Provincial HQ at Kasama. Both districts are similar in ecological and social criteria, with
populations distinguished through minor language and ethnicity. The process of covering the
proposed catchment area will be phased over the length of the project based on the
assumption that additional financial resources will be made available through the Af ADB
fund. Based on the work undertaken in the first phase of this project, and as a result of a
stakeholder project development meeting held in Mpulungu, the following areas will be
priority sites in Mpulungu District (see Annex 3):
Mpulungu District
Lunzua River Catchment and the Chituta Bay Area
Chituta Bay was identified as the first priority area. The area lies at the mouth of the Lunzua
River. It was first settled as a fishing camp, which later became a permanent settlement. Slash
and burn cultivation and also intensive gardening occur along the river's banks. Natural
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forests are diminishing due to cultivation. There are three villages namely Chituta, Kapata and
Ilata at this site which will be targeted. The area was selected on the basis that:
§ The area is a breeding ground for a lot of fish species
§ The lacustrine and riverine environment has high levels of sedimentation/ erosion
§ High levels of human activity (agriculture, fishing, hunting) are ongoing
§ The rate of deforestation is very high
Kasakalawe Bay Area
Kasakalawe, ranked second, is situated at the mouth of the Izi River and is accessed through
the Mpulungu local forest number P45 covering 21,730 hectares. The farmers grow rice in the
lake depression and vegetables along the banks of Izi River. The local Mpulungu forests have
suffered from serious encroachment as settlers at Kasakalawe seek sources of fuelwood and
new areas for cultivation. This area has been identified as a very important area for woodlot
and plantation establishment. The area was chosen on the basis that:
§ It is an important sardine breeding area
§ It is the source for a substantial amount of (illicit) wood fuel and poles for
Mpulungu.
§ It is characterised by very poor land use practices
§ The area suffers from high sedimentation levels (1.248 tonnes/day)
§ Deforestation and forest encroachment continue to occur rapidly.
Munjela/ Nsumbu Game Management Area (GMA)
Munjela/Nsumbu GMA is situated on the Chisala River in Kaputa District and borders the
Nsumbu National Park on one side and the open area and game management zone on the
other contiguous with the lakeshore. This area is characterised by substantial population
growth but because of its location, there is limited potential for expansion of the settled and
farmed areas. The area was selected on the basis that it:
§ Is an important Sardine breeding area
§ Is an area of high agricultural activity with poor land use practices
§ Possesses degraded forest areas
§ Is a centre for high levels of illicit hunting
Kaputa District
Chisala River Catchment and Munjela-Nsumbu GMAs
Kabyolwe Bay lies in the open area of the Nsumbu National Park and marks an important
entry point for illegal hunters. The settlement lies at the mouth of Lufubu River. The forested
riverbanks are under serious pressure for land for cultivation as well as for fuelwood for home
use and fish curing. The area was chosen on the basis that:
§ There is a large amount of agricultural activity and poor land use practices
§ The area is subject to high sedimentation levels (1,540 tonnes/ day)
§ Deforestation is occurring at a high rate together with high levels of illicit hunting
XI.
Global Environmental Benefits
Conserving Lake Tanganyika and its basin will lead to substantial global environmental
benefits. With more than 2,000 species of plants and animals, Lake Tanganyika is among the
richest freshwater ecosystems in the world. Together with the other African great lakes of
Malawi and Victoria, Lake Tanganyika is famous for its endemic and highly diversified
flocks of cichlid species. However, what distinguishes Lake Tanganyika from the other
African great lakes is its comparatively far greater biodiversity that includes flocks of non-
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cichlid fish as well as invertebrate organisms such as gastropods, bivalves, ostracodes,
decapods, copepods, leeches and sponges. The level of biodiversity that has thus far been
recorded for Lake Tanganyika is of particular significance. Much of the Tanganyikan coast
has not been adequately explored and consequently invertebrate species numbers are probably
currently significantly underestimated.
The catchment approach adopted by the Project, necessary to preserve Lake Tanganyika's
aquatic and littoral biodiversity, will lead to further global environmental benefits as the
basin's terrestrial biodiversity is conserved and becomes sustainably managed to reduce Lake
sedimentation levels.
XII. Sustainability
In order to ensure its sustainability, the project will be implemented through a participatory
approach, from village to national level. The sustainability of many of the project's outputs is
particularly contingent on successfully working with local communities and engendering their
sense of ownership of, and commitment to, the project. However, mainstreaming project
outputs with local and national government institutions will be as important for the successful
implementation of the Project and the sustainability of its outputs.
The project activities planned are central to the livelihoods of the communities, and will
enhance the environmentally positive aspects of their livelihood strategies. In essence, this
complementarity underpins the project's sustainability strategy.
XIII. Institutional sustainability
For the purpose of the continuity of the programme at the end of the Project period, the
Project will be implemented through existing administrative structures or appropriate
adaptations thereof as presented in Table 2. Zambia's biodiversity portfolio is largely the
responsibility of the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources (MTENR).
The MTENR works in close collaboration with the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ),
the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MACO), Ministry of Energy and Water
Development (MEWD) and non-governmental organizations active in biodiversity issues. In
allocating responsibilities to implement various components of this project, recognition will
be given to the specific roles which these sector ministries and NGOs are best suited to
undertake given their technical comparative advantage. The Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives District Office at Mpulungu will host the Project Implementing Unit and will
provide office space and, together with the other three line ministries (Environment, Water
and Energy and Local Government) appropriate partner staff. These staff will constitute the
core implementation team under the guidance of the PIU.
Overall the project will be implemented and guided as follows:
At national level, MTENR will chair the National Project Advisory Committee (Lake
Tanganyika biodiversity sub-committee of the National Biodiversity Committee). The
National Biodiversity Committee through the MTENR has been given a mandate by the
government to co-ordinate national biodiversity programmes. The committee will provide a
pathway for project result absorption into mainstream government programmes and policies.
MTENR will serve as the principle focal point for official engagement with government.
The local level project management structure and approach will be deliberately designed to
ensure sustainability of project activities and results. At district level the project will work
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through existing government and non-governmental institutions within the framework of the
existing DDCC to ensure ownership and integration of project activities into the mainstream
of district development plans.
At community level, the village and area development committees, as endorsed by traditional
leadership and proposed under the decentralization programme of the government, provide for
project activities to be incorporated as an integral part of the village and area level
development efforts driven by the communities.
Financial sustainability
The financial sustainability of the project's outputs at village and district level will rely, in
substantial part, on the levies, taxes and licensing fees to be generated from natural resource
use in the project area - as will be possible within institutional and policy frameworks.
Assumptions and risks potentially impacting on the sustainability of project outputs
The success of the proposed interventions is based on several assumptions, the risks of which
have been identified as follows:
§ Inadequate government commitment to devolve a reasonable and sufficient level of
authority to local level traditional/community based structures.
§ Inadequate practical government commitment to support co-management regimes for
natural resource management.
§ Inadequate community commitment and ability to maintain conservation efforts that
include conservation initiatives with delayed but long-term benefits.
§ Inadequate commitment by line ministries to support the project's efforts without
expecting the project to cover their substantial overhead costs.
§ Inadequate commitment by traditional authorities to support and respect elected local
government leaders and their decisions on natural resource management in areas under
traditional jurisdiction.
§ Inadequate post-project revenues generated from licensing local natural resource use
that result in the constrained and poor functioning of VCDCs and ACDCs leading to
an erosion of the environmental gains achieved during the project.
XIV. Replicability
The project will be carried out in pilot villages at four demonstration sites. Through the
Catchment's Steering Committee, to be established during the project, and the DDCC, it is
expected that these experiences will be transferred to other lakeshore villages in the Lake
basin.
XV. Stakeholder Involvement
Stakeholder involvement in project proposal development
More than 100 Zambians participated in the process of planning for the Strategic Action
Programme (SAP) for Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity Project (UNDP/GEF/RAF/G32/92).
The planning process, over the course of three years, brought scientists, researchers, local
communities, government departments, NGOs and the private sector together to discuss
environmental management priorities. The national priorities for Zambia are listed in the SAP
(available on the internet at - http://www.ltbp.org).
The SAP priorities include, sustainable fishing practices, sedimentation control, pollution
control and habitat destruction. Sustainable fishing will be addressed under the African
Development Bank sister-project to the GEF LTBP Phase II. In light of this, Zambian
stakeholders from Lusaka and the Lake basin met in August 2002 and in April 2003 to discuss
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the remaining priorities. The second meeting agreed that sedimentation control through
catchment management would be the subject of this GEF project proposal and that additional
donor funds would be sought to address the remaining SAP priorities in Zambia. The Project
proposal's development was carried out through consultations with key stakeholders and
institutions, that took place in Lusaka, and later in Kasama (the Provincial Headquarters), as
well as in the Lake Tanganyika project area towns of Mpulungu and Mbala.
Stakeholder involvement in further project development and implementation
The project design incorporates provision for the further participation of all major Zambian
communities that have interests vested in the conservation and management of the
biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika including government, local authorities, local communities
the private sector, and international communities as is indicated in the description of the
Project's implementation strategy.
XVI. Lessons from Similar Projects
An assessment of the lessons learned from other Community Based Natural Resource
Management (CBNRM) projects in Zambia, reveals a number of common factors relevant to
the Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity Project. The following are the CBNRM projects to which
priority was given in assessing the critical lessons relevant for the success of the proposed
Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity Project.
§ Barotse Royal Establishment in Western Province
§ Zambezi Basin Resource Conservation and Utilization Project (ECZ/IUCN)
§ Liangati Joint Forestry Management project in Western Province- Senanga (Keepers
Zambia Foundation and SNV)
§ Administrative Management Design (ADMADE) - community-based wildlife
management projects operating across the country (Zambia Wildlife Authority)
§ Cooperative League of the United States of America (CLUSA/USAID) community-
based agricultural and forestry management project in Eastern Province.
§ Fisheries co-management in the Bangweulu swamps (WWF, SNV)
§ Fisheries co-management on Lake Kariba (Fisheries department)
XVII. Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation system
The National Biodiversity Steering Committee will oversee the project. Its role will be to
review annual progress in the achievement of the project's outputs and objective and to
provide the Project Implementation unit (PIU) with feedback for project implementation
improvement. In addition, the Committee may request, as it deems appropriate, an interim
project evaluation. Towards the end of the project, the Committee will prepare a report
synthesizing lessons learned and how these could be scaled up and replicated more widely.
The Lake Tanganyika Catchment's Steering Committee, proposed by the stakeholders as a
sub-committee of the DDCC, will be responsible for monitoring the expected outcomes
against the achievements of the Project's outputs. This Committee will report to the National
Biodiversity Steering Committee on the relationships and achievements of outputs using the
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) agreed to at the initial Project Inception Meeting.
The PIU will be responsible for tracking implementation progress and project milestones.
The Unit will prepare Quarterly Progress Reports on the basis of project implementation. An
overall progress report will be prepared under the guidance of the Lake Tanganyika
Catchment Committee every year and an additional report will be prepared three months prior
to the mid-term review, which will assess overall progress in project implementation and
make recommendations for adaptive management.
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The Area and Village development committees proposed in the national decentralization
policy under the operations of District Councils will be responsible for the mobilization of
community planning, implementation, monitoring and policy advocacy for community driven
conservation and livelihood diversification in the project sites. These committees will report
to and be represented in the Lake Tanganyika Catchment Committee. Stakeholder
representatives through project implementation workshops will review the KPIs annually. The
outputs of these workshops will serve as a basis for monitoring and evaluating project impact.
The Project will be subject to the evaluation and review mechanisms of the UNDP such as the
Project Performance and Evaluation Review, Tri-Partite Review and External Evaluation and
Final Report prior to termination of the Project.
XVIII. Financing
Project cost
The total GEF grant requested is US$ 2,440,000. The direct baseline activities described
above are estimated as $1.5 US Million over the 4/5 year life of the project.
The project cost estimates and timing of disbursements are given in Table 2 below. Zambia's
estimated contribution of 652,000$ to the project is given in Table 3. In deriving project cost
estimates, the necessary requirements for each activity were considered and the project
overheads factored in such as the cost of equipment, motor vehicles, insurance,
reviews/evaluations, as well as expenditure for operational funds, and the proposed revolving
fund. A 2% cross cutting issues allocation has been set aside to cater for such issues as
gender mainstreaming, advocacy for HIV/AIDS and a facility for supporting a limited number
of special initiatives which, when conducted, would add value to the attainment of the
project's immediate objective.
Table 2: Project Cost Estimates by Outcome4
GEF resources required by outcome and year (USD)
Outcome
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
TOTAL
Outcome1:
Reducing levels of siltation into
the lake resulting from improved
management of the Lake's
375,000 655,000 754,000 452,000
2,236,000
catchments through sustainable
use of agricultural and forest
resources
Project Management
61,000
52,000
39,000
52,000
204,000
TOTAL
436,000 707,000 793,000 504,000
2,440,000
4 These estimates are based on incremental contributions from GEF and a baseline contribution from the
Government of Zambia. An assumption is that additional resources will be made available from the ADB to
extend project activities.
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Table 3: Co-financing Government of Zambia's contribution *
ITEM
DESCRIPTION
ESTIMATE US
$
Human resources: ministry, district and
1. Services and staff
local government, at 150,000$ per annum
support
(central, local government). Less in year
582,000
1 due to start-up
2. Office / Miscellaneous
Office rentals/utility service 20,000$ per
80,000
annum
TOTAL
652,000
.* This is in kind support, broken down into two categories per year.
XIX. Institutional Coordination and Support
Core commitments and linkages. Project linkages with national/regional/global sector
programs: UNDP Zambia is starting the implementation of a major GEF initiative looking at
the sustainability of wildlife Protected Areas at system level. (This will include the National
Parks near Lake Tanganyika). There will be much complementarity between projects, with
considerable scope for lessons learned and sharing experiences.
Whilst the north-west districts have not attracted much donor intervention in the past years,
there is considerable scope for this project to learn lessons from NRM projects elsewhere in
the country. This includes projects looking at participatory forest management, and improved
agricultural practice and land-use planning. The ICRADF connection will link into the
agricultural research process in Zambia.
Consultation, coordination and collaboration between Implementing Agencies (IAs)
UNDP in Zambia has programmes (and expertise, knowledge and lessons learned) in the
broad fields of decentralised governance, empowerment and poverty alleviation. UNDP
promotes democratisation and local level civil society capacity building. All of these have
relevance to the on-ground project interventions. UNDP through its role in the UNDAF will
also build linkages to other programmes including through the World Bank. Of especial
interest here are the agricultural support activities.
Coordination and Collaboration
The programme implementation process will be co-ordinated by the Programme
Implementation Unit (PIU) that will be based at the Ministry of Agriculture in the
Department of Fisheries in Mpulungu. The PIU will comprise of: a Project Manager; three
Technical Officers - one from each of the MTENR, MEWD and MACO; an
accountant/procurement officer; secretary; office orderly and a driver. The Project Manager
will be the head of the PIU and will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the PIU as
well as co-ordinating participating sectors' inputs with the assistance of the technical officers.
The PIU will be linked to the National Biodiversity Committee through the local level project
coordination committee, the Lake Tanganyika Catchments Conservation Committee. A
memorandum of understanding is proposed between the MTENR and MACO to guide the
reporting and roles of each ministry in relation to the PIU. The MTENR will have overall
responsibility for monitoring project progress.
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Annex 1: Project Outcome, Output and Activity Matrix
Development objective:
The protection and conservation of the biological diversity and the sustainable
use of the natural resources of Lake Tanganyika
Outcome:
Stakeholders in the Lake's catchment manage and sustainably utilize agricultural and forest
resources to reduce sedimentation and conserve biodiversity
Output 1
Output 2
Output 3
Output 4
Output 5
Sustainable natural
Alternative inc
ome generating
Awareness of stakeholders
Capacity of local governance
Project efficiently and
resource use practices
on the importance of
structures for sustainable
activities (IGAs) developed
effectively managed,
established
sustainable natural
natural resource
monitored and evaluated
resource management
management enhanced
raised
1.1 Demonstrations on
2.1 IGA start-up revolving fund established
3.1 Awareness programmes
4.1 Capacity of local NRM
5.1 Recruitment of project staff
mitigation measures for land
2.2Value-adding processing supported
for co-management of
institutions strengthened
5.2 Management information
degradation established
2.3Community-based commercial
natural resources
4.2 By -laws and enforcement
systems (MIS) developed
1.2 Demonstration on
woodlots established
3.2 Leadership training for
mechanisms developed
& implemented
sustainable low input
2.4Beekeeping promoted and product
community leaders
4.3 Advocacy for political
5.3 Baseline survey conducted
agriculture established
development supported
undertaken
support of community-based
5.4 Preparation & implementation
1.3 Sustainable forest
2.5NTFP processing and trading developed
3.3 Community environmental
natural resource management
of annual work plans and
management systems
and expanded
management and awareness
undertaken
budgets (AWPB) carried out
developed and adopted
2.6Small-scale irrigation supported and
levels raised
5.5 Mid-term review and end of
1.4 Water quality monitoring
improved
project evaluation planned and
and reporting established
2.7Capacity of communities in business
conducted
management strengthened
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Annex 2: Project Logical Framework Matrix
Narrative Summary
Indicators
Means of verification
Assumptions
Immediate Objective:
Significant improvement s in biodiversity (land and
Project & Post-project evaluation The policy environment supporting
water) indices within and offshore selected catchments
reports.
community involvement in NRM
The protection and conservation of the biological
(as measured by project supported Lake Management
Reports from continued M & E
continues to be favourable.
diversity and the sustainable use of the natural
processes using TBDA / SAP baseline).
processes for the Lake
The M and E process (see Regional
resources of Lake Tanganyika
Annual reports of line Ministries
Proposal) is implemented.
Security in the Region allows trans
boundary cooperation
Outcome:
% of target communities and line ministry staff using
Project evaluation reports
Stakeholders in the Lake's catchment manage and
the CBNRM approach for conservation of biodiversity
DDCC reports
sustainably utilize agricultural and forest resources to
increases by 70$ from year 1 baseline.
Community minutes and records
reduce sedimentation and conserve biodiversity
30 % increase in household income arising from non-
on implementation of CBNRM
fishing sources for households engaging in enterprises.
Impact assessment studies
30 % improvement in sedimentation rates in target
catchments
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Narrative Summary
Indicators
Means of verification
Assumptions
Output 1: Sustainable natural resource use practices established
1.1 Demonstrations on mitigation measures for
land degradation established
50% of HH practicing improved land use practices
demonstrated in the project target areas.
Project and community reports.
That the current enthusiasm by
1.2 Demonstrations on sustainable low input
40% of households practicing low input sustainable
communities for participation in
agriculture established
agricultural techniques.
Annual reports of line Ministries
CBNRM continues.
PFM type of forest management regimes developed
(Tourism, Environment and
and utilized in target forests.
Natural Resources, Agriculture
The policy environment can allow
1.3 Sustainable forest management systems
30 % improvement in water quality measures in
and Cooperatives, Energy and
meaningful CBNRM.
developed and adopted
targeted demonstration sites.
Water resources).
That all partners continue to meet their
The number of HH in non project sites emulating the
Impact Assessment reports.
commitments to the project.
1.4 Water quality monitoring and reporting
practices in project sites starts to increase in final year.
established
Output 2: Alternative income generating activities (IGAs) developed
2.1 IGA start-up revolving fund established
30 percentage change in household income arising
Project and community reports
That there is enough entrepreneurial
from alternative IGAs.
and records
social capital in existence
2.2 Value adding processing supported
Number of the HH in the target sites involved in
Records of sales from
That markets can be found that will
2.3 Community-based commercial woodlots
alternative income generating activities.
entrepreneurs
sustain commercial exploitation of
established
resources
Number of households/or population benefiting from
2.4 Bee-keeping promoted and product
alternative income generating activities
Availability of infrastructure to support
development supported
marketing
2.5 NTFP processing and trading developed and
expanded
2.6 Small scale irrigation supported and
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Narrative Summary
Indicators
Means of verification
Assumptions
improved
2.7 Capacity of communities in business
management strengthened
Output 3: Awareness of stakeholders on the importance of sustainable natural resource management raised
3.1 Awareness programmes for co-management
The current supportive political clim
of natural resources enhanced
Number of local level programmes for natural resource Project records
for local level governance continues
co-management established and functional.
Annual reports of line Ministries That enough social capital exists to
3.2 Leadership training for community leaders
Number of local leaders trained
(Tourism, Environment and
build local level governance structures
undertaken
Number of environmental management awareness
Natural Resources, Agriculture
on
materials and dissemination mechanisms developed.
and Cooperatives, Energy and
That the current mainstream policy can
3.3 Community environmental management
Number of stakeholders reached by the environmental
Water resources)
accommodate local level governance
and awareness levels raised
management campaigns
Council Resolutions
structures
Traditional leaders accept CBNRM
Output 4: Capacity of local governance structures for sustainable natural resource management enhanced
4.1 Capacity of local NRM institutions
strengthened
Number of functional Community Conservation
Committees.
Project records
4.2 By-laws and their enforcement mechanisms
Availability of non project related
Number of By-laws enacted on CBNRM as a result of
DDCC reports
developed
means of communication
community lobbying
Minutes of Committee meeting
Critical mass of literacy levels available
4.3 Advocacy for political support of
Number of political leaders supporting enactment of
Council Minutes
community-based natural resource
by-laws for catchments conservation.
management undertaken
Output 5: Project efficiently and effectively managed, monitored and evaluated
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Narrative Summary
Indicators
Means of verification
Assumptions
5.1 Recruitment of Project staff
Appropriate of Project staff in place by Project year
Key information requirements and reporting formats
5.2 Management Information System (MIS)
developed for the project.
developed and implemented
Appropriate Project baseline and benchmark outputs
Project records
developed for monitoring project's planned results
All partners meet their commitments to
5.3 Baseline survey conducted
Copies of Reporting formats
Appropriate number of project plans and reports
the project
Baseline Survey Reports
available in a timely manner at different management
Timely disbursement of funds from the
5.4 Preparation and implementation of Annual
Mid- term Review Report
levels Number of useful lessons learnt, disseminated
donor for project implementation
Work plans and Budgets (AWPB) carried out
and corrective measures taken
Impact Assessment Report
activities
Number of milestones achieved at mid term of the
Copies of AWPB
5.5 Mid-term review and end of project evaluation
project
planned and conducted
Number of milestones achieved by year 5 of the
project
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SIGNATURE PAGE
Country: Zambia
UNDAF Outcome(s)/Indicator(s): "National strategies for sustainable development for
integrating of economic, social, and environmental issues adopted and implemented".
(Link to UNDAF outcome., If no UNDAF, leave blank)
Expected Outcome(s)/Indicator (s):
Lake Tanganyika's biological and other natural
resources protected and sustainably utilised
"Global environmental concerns and commitments integrated in national development planning
and policies",
(CP outcomes linked t the SRF/MYFF goal and service line)
Expected Output(s)/Indicator(s):
1 Sustainable natural resource use practices established;
2 Alternative income generating activities developed;
3 Awareness of stakeholders of the importance of
sustainable natural resource management raised;
4 Capacity of local governance structures for sustainable
natural resource management enhanced
Implementing partner:
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources
(designated institution/Executing agency)
Other Partners:
Total budget:
3,092,000
US$
Programme Period: 2008-2013
Programme Component:
Allocated resources:
3,092,000 US$
Project Title: Lake Tanganyika Integrated Management Programme
·
GEF
2,440,000 US$
Project ID: PIMS 1941
·
In kind contributions 652,000 US$
Atlas project ID: 00048202/Proposal ID: 00042111
(Government)
Project Duration: 5 years
Management Arrangement: NEX
On Behalf of
Signature
Date
Name/Title
Government of Zambia
Permanent Secretary Ministry of
Finance and Planning
UNDP-Zambia
Resident Representative
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